CVE-2022-2658 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00207.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP Spell Check

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 9.13

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpspellcheck:wpspellcheck:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Wpspellcheck Subscribe	Wpspellcheck Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-34904	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)

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e72fa040-3ca5-4570-9a3c-c704574b1ca3

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-16T15:38:13.222Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T19:43:55.758Z

Reserved: 2022-08-04T12:24:05.416Z

Link: CVE-2022-2658

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:46:03.605Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:10.690

Modified: 2025-04-04T20:15:15.093

Link: CVE-2022-2658

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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