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CVE-2022-1217: Custom TinyMCE Shortcode Button <= 1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2022-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Custom TinyMCE Shortcode Button WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not sanitise and escape the PHP_SELF variable before outputting it back in an attribute in an admin page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

Affected products

• Custom TinyMCE Shortcode Button: through 1.1

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15875f52-7a49-44c7-8a36-b49ddf37c20c
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15875f52-7a49-44c7-8a36-b49ddf37c20c

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