CVE-2025-22662

WordPress SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter plugin <= 2.1.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Published Feb 4, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in SendPulse SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter sendpulse-email-marketing-newsletter allows Stored XSS.This issue affects SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter: from n/a through <= 2.1.5.

Analysis

AI-generated

Technical impact

The vulnerability is an improper neutralization of input during web page generation that allows stored XSS. If an attacker is able to inject malicious script through the plugin, it will be persisted and executed in the browsers of any visitor to the affected site, potentially enabling credential theft, defacement, or execution of arbitrary code when users view the impacted pages.

Affected Systems

SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter plugin for WordPress through version 2.1.5 is impacted. The vulnerability appears in all releases up to and including 2.1.5. "SendPulse" is the vendor and "SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter" is the product.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates moderate severity. The EPSS score is below 1% and the vulnerability is not listed in the KEV catalog, suggesting a low likelihood of widespread exploitation at present. Based on the description, it is inferred that an attacker would need a way to provide malicious input to the plugin, likely through an administrative or user‑facing interface, after which the script would run in the context of any visitor to the affected page.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter plugin to version 2.1.6 or later.
  • If an upgrade is not possible, disable or uninstall the plugin until a patched version is released.
  • Apply a strict Content Security Policy (CSP) that blocks inline scripts and restrict the plugin’s directory to non‑executable content to reduce the risk of XSS exploitation while awaiting the update.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 2, 2026 at 09:18 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-2901 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in SendPulse SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter allows Stored XSS. This issue affects SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter: from n/a through 2.1.5.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in SendPulse SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter allows Stored XSS. This issue affects SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter: from n/a through 2.1.5. Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in SendPulse SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter sendpulse-email-marketing-newsletter allows Stored XSS.This issue affects SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter: from n/a through <= 2.1.5.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00034}

epss

{'score': 0.00044}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in SendPulse SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter allows Stored XSS. This issue affects SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter: from n/a through 2.1.5.
Title WordPress SendPulse Email Marketing Newsletter plugin <= 2.1.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Subscriptions

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Patchstack
Published
Updated
Apr 28, 2026, 4:11 PM
Reserved
Jan 7, 2025, 9:02 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Feb 4, 2025, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:49 AM