CVE-2022-1938: Awin Data Feed < 1.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% 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 header when processing request to generate analytics data, allowing unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against a logged in admin viewing the plugin's settings

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/70aed824-c53e-4672-84c9-039dc34ed5fa
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/70aed824-c53e-4672-84c9-039dc34ed5fa

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