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CVE-2022-1298: Tabs Responsive < 2.2.8 - Editor+ 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: 2022-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Tabs WordPress plugin before 2.2.8 does not sanitise and escape Tab descriptions, which could allow high privileged users with a role as low as editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

• Tabs: before 2.2.8 — fixed in 2.2.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Tabs 2.2.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e124d1ab-3e02-4ca5-8218-ce635e8bf074
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e124d1ab-3e02-4ca5-8218-ce635e8bf074

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