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CVE-2022-0700: Simple Theme Options < 1.7 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Simple Tracking WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

• Simple Tracking: before 1.7 — fixed in 1.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Simple Tracking 1.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bf1f255-1571-425c-92b1-02833f6a44a7
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bf1f255-1571-425c-92b1-02833f6a44a7

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