CVE-2022-2071: Name Directory < 1.25.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-07-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Name Directory WordPress plugin before 1.25.4 does not have CSRF check when importing names, and is also lacking sanitisation as well as escaping in some of the imported data, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin import arbitrary names with XSS payloads in them.

Affected products

Jeroen Peters Name Directory: before 1.25.4 — fixed in 1.25.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Jeroen Peters Name Directory 1.25.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3653976-9e0a-4f2b-87f7-26b5e7a74b9d
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3653976-9e0a-4f2b-87f7-26b5e7a74b9d

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