CVE-2022-0737: Text Hover < 4.2 - 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: 2022-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Text Hover WordPress plugin before 4.2 does not sanitize and escape the text to hover, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

Text Hover: before 4.2 — fixed in 4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Text Hover 4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5c9fa61-e6f1-4460-84fe-977a203bd4bc
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5c9fa61-e6f1-4460-84fe-977a203bd4bc

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