CVE-2022-1156: Books & Papers <= 0.20210223 - 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: 2022-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Books & Papers WordPress plugin through 0.20210223 does not escape its Custom DB prefix settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

Books & Papers: through 0.20210223

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/76ad4273-6bf4-41e9-99a8-bf6d634608ac
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/76ad4273-6bf4-41e9-99a8-bf6d634608ac

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