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CVE-2022-2169: Loading Page with Loading Screen < 1.0.83 - 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: 2022-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Loading Page with Loading Screen WordPress plugin before 1.0.83 does not escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

• Loading Page with Loading Screen: before 1.0.83 — fixed in 1.0.83

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Loading Page with Loading Screen 1.0.83. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9f4aab7-b42b-4bb6-b05d-05407f935230
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9f4aab7-b42b-4bb6-b05d-05407f935230

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