CVE-2022-2658 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-2658

WP Spell Check < 9.13 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The WP Spell Check WordPress plugin before 9.13 does not escape ignored words, 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)

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:

  • Marco Nappi
  • WPScan

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WP Spell Check
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 16th, 2023
Last Modified: April 4th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.