What is CVE-2022-2398?

CVE-2022-2398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Najeebmedia WordPress Comments Fields, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-2398?

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

Is CVE-2022-2398 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Najeebmedia WordPress Comments Fields

CVE-2022-2398

The WordPress Comments Fields WordPress plugin before 4.1 does not escape Field Error Message, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

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

Najeebmedia WordPress Comments Fields
WordPress Comments Fields — versions 4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/0a218789-9a78-49ca-b919-fa61d33d5672 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2398?: CVE-2022-2398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Najeebmedia WordPress Comments Fields, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-2398?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2398 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.