CVE-2022-1567 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0025.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp-js Project	Wp-js

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-js_project:wp-js:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-24859	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-js/trunk/wp-js.php?rev=100281#L140
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0ab82117-73dd-4257-8dfc-01dadcc3a83f?source=cve
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1567

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2022-05-10T19:38:58.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:41:44.308Z

Reserved: 2022-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1567

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:10:03.653Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-10T20:15:08.787

Modified: 2025-05-05T17:17:35.303

Link: CVE-2022-1567

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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