CVE-2022-44590 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in James Lao's Simple Video Embedder plugin <= 2.2 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-11-09

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

James Lao

Simple Video Embedder (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 2.2`	affected	≤ 2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simple_video_embedder_project:simple_video_embedder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47528	Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in James Lao's Simple Video Embedder plugin <= 2.2 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00181.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/simple-video-embedder/wordpress-simple-video-embedder-plugin-2-2-auth-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-video-embedder/

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`

Subscriptions

Simple Video Embedder Project Simple Video Embedder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-09T21:14:28.257Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:51.344Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44590

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-09T22:15:25.797

Modified: 2026-04-28T19:18:54.607

Link: CVE-2022-44590

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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