CVE-2022-0728: Easy Smooth Scroll Links < 2.23.1 - 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: 2022-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Easy Smooth Scroll Links WordPress plugin before 2.23.1 does not sanitise and escape its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

Easy Smooth Scroll Links: before 2.23.1 — fixed in 2.23.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Easy Smooth Scroll Links 2.23.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c6d3d308-4bf1-493f-86e9-dd623526e3c6
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c6d3d308-4bf1-493f-86e9-dd623526e3c6

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