What is CVE-2022-40968?

CVE-2022-40968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 2kblater 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-40968?

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

Is CVE-2022-40968 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in 2kblater 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store

CVE-2022-40968

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin <=2.1.5 on WordPress.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-12-04 · 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: 0.004 (32.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/2kb-amazon-affiliates-store/wordpress-2kb… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40968?: CVE-2022-40968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 2kblater 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-40968?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40968 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.