What is CVE-2022-2181?

CVE-2022-2181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sigmaplugin Advanced WordPress Reset, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-2181?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2181 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Sigmaplugin Advanced WordPress Reset

CVE-2022-2181

The Advanced WordPress Reset WordPress plugin before 1.6 does not escape some generated URLs before outputting them back in href attributes of admin dashboard pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Sigmaplugin Advanced WordPress Reset
Advanced WordPress Reset — versions 1.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/68ddf343-6e69-44a7-bd33-72004053d41e (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2181?: CVE-2022-2181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sigmaplugin Advanced WordPress Reset, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-2181?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2181 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.