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CVE-2021-4222: WP Paginate < 2.1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not sanitise and escape its preset settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected products

• WP-Paginate: before 2.1.4 — fixed in 2.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP-Paginate 2.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160800/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6df5f5b1-f10b-488e-80b3-2c024bbb8c78
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160800/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6df5f5b1-f10b-488e-80b3-2c024bbb8c78

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