WP JS <= 2.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1567
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published May 3, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
Description

The WP-JS plugin for WordPress contains a script called wp-js.php with the function wp_js_admin, that accepts unvalidated user input and echoes it back to the user. This can be used for reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.0.6.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-js (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.6
Patched Version
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