CVE-2022-2186 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-2186

Simple Post Notes < 1.7.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The Simple Post Notes WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Sachin Kumar from eSec Forte Technologies Pvt Ltd

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Simple Post Notes
Vulnerable Versions:
1.7.6

Timeline

Official Publish: July 17th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)