XSS in Mekshq Meks Easy Social Share
CVE-2022-2574
The Meks Easy Social Share WordPress plugin before 1.2.8 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 even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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 (45.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.7% 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
- Mekshq Meks Easy Social Share
- Meks Easy Social Share — versions 1.2.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/9dec8ac7-befd-4c9d-9a9e-7da9e395dbf2 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-2574?
- CVE-2022-2574 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mekshq Meks Easy Social Share, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-10-17.
- How severe is CVE-2022-2574?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-2574 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.