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CVE-2022-1265: BulletProof Security < 6.1 - 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: 2022-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 6.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its CAPTCHA settings, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected products

• BulletProof Security: before 6.1 — fixed in 6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BulletProof Security 6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b66819d-8479-4c0b-b206-7f7ff769f758
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b66819d-8479-4c0b-b206-7f7ff769f758

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