CVE-2022-1937: Awin Data Feed < 1.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Awin Data Feed WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back via an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

Awin Data Feed: before 1.8 — fixed in 1.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Awin Data Feed 1.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eb40ea5d-a463-4947-9a40-d55911ff50e9
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eb40ea5d-a463-4947-9a40-d55911ff50e9

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