What is CVE-2022-2737?

CVE-2022-2737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp-staging Wp_staging, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-2737?

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

Is CVE-2022-2737 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wp-staging Wp_staging

CVE-2022-2737

The WP STAGING WordPress plugin before 2.9.18 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 i…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.2th 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

Wp-staging Wp_staging
Unknown Wp Staging – Backup Duplicator & Migration — versions 2.9.18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2737?: CVE-2022-2737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp-staging Wp_staging, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-2737?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2737 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.