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CVE-2022-2050: WP Paginate < 2.1.9 - Admin+ 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: 2022-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape one of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected products

• WP-Paginate: before 2.1.9 — fixed in 2.1.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP-Paginate 2.1.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/016453e3-803b-4a67-8ea7-2d228c2998d4
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/016453e3-803b-4a67-8ea7-2d228c2998d4

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