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.

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)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th 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

Mekshq Meks_easy_social_share
Unknown Meks Easy Social Share — versions 1.2.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (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.