CVE-2022-1557: ULeak Security & Monitoring <= 1.2.3 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% 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 ULeak Security & Monitoring WordPress plugin through 1.2.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating its settings, and is also lacking sanitisation as well as escaping in some of them, which could allow any authenticated users such as subscriber to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins viewing the settings

Affected products

ULeak Security & Monitoring Plugin: through 1.2.3

References

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166564/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2b6dbf5-8709-4a2c-90be-3214ff55ed56
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166564/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2b6dbf5-8709-4a2c-90be-3214ff55ed56

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