CVE-2022-1089: Bulk Edit and Create User Profiles < 1.5.14 - 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: 2022-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Bulk Edit and Create User Profiles WordPress plugin before 1.5.14 does not sanitise and escape the Users Login, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

Bulk Edit and Create User Profiles – WP Sheet Editor: before 1.5.14 — fixed in 1.5.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bulk Edit and Create User Profiles – WP Sheet Editor 1.5.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/75a9fd23-7fa9-4cb1-a55b-ec5deae5d6fa
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/75a9fd23-7fa9-4cb1-a55b-ec5deae5d6fa

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