CVE-2022-0428: Content Egg < 5.3.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2022-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Content Egg WordPress plugin before 5.3.0 does not sanitise and escape the page parameter before outputting back in an attribute in the Autoblogging admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

Content Egg: before 5.3.0 — fixed in 5.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Content Egg 5.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/071a2f69-9cd6-42a8-a56c-264a589784ab
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/071a2f69-9cd6-42a8-a56c-264a589784ab

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