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CVE-2022-0201: Permalink Manager < 2.2.15 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Permalink Manager Lite WordPress plugin before 2.2.15 and Permalink Manager Pro WordPress plugin before 2.2.15 do not sanitise and escape query parameters before outputting them back in the debug page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

• mbis Permalink Manager Lite: before 2.2.15 — fixed in 2.2.15
• Permalink Manager Project Permalink Manager: before 2.2.15 — fixed in 2.2.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mbis Permalink Manager Lite 2.2.15; Permalink Manager Project Permalink Manager 2.2.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2656512
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f274b0d8-74bf-43de-9051-29ce36d78ad4
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2656512
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f274b0d8-74bf-43de-9051-29ce36d78ad4

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