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CVE-2022-1567: WP JS <= 2.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-05-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP-JS plugin for WordPress contains a script called wp-js.php with the function wp_js_admin, that accepts unvalidated user input and echoes it back to the user. This can be used for reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.0.6.

Affected products

• halmat WP JS: through 2.0.6

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-js/trunk/wp-js.php?rev=100281#L140
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0ab82117-73dd-4257-8dfc-01dadcc3a83f?source=cve
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1567
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-js/trunk/wp-js.php?rev=100281#L140
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0ab82117-73dd-4257-8dfc-01dadcc3a83f?source=cve
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1567

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