CVE-2022-2170: Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking < 1.0.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed. Due to the nature of this plugin, well crafted XSS can also leak into the frontpage.

Affected products

Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET): before 1.0.4 — fixed in 1.0.4
Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET): from 1.0.4 before 1.0.4 — fixed in 1.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) 1.0.4; Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) 1.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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