XSS in Very Simple Breadcrumb Project

CVE-2022-2149

The Very Simple Breadcrumb WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2149?
CVE-2022-2149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Very Simple Breadcrumb Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-2149?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2149 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.