What is CVE-2022-2372?

CVE-2022-2372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yaycommerce Yaysmtp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-2372?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2372 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Yaycommerce Yaysmtp

CVE-2022-2372

The YaySMTP WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Yaycommerce Yaysmtp
Yaysmtp – Simple Wp Smtp Mail — versions 2.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/941fadb6-0009-4751-b979-88e87ebb1e45 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2372?: CVE-2022-2372 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yaycommerce Yaysmtp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-2372?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2372 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.