CVE-2022-2181: Advanced WordPress Reset < 1.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2022-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Advanced WordPress Reset WordPress plugin before 1.6 does not escape some generated URLs before outputting them back in href attributes of admin dashboard pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

Advanced WordPress Reset: before 1.6 — fixed in 1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Advanced WordPress Reset 1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/68ddf343-6e69-44a7-bd33-72004053d41e
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/68ddf343-6e69-44a7-bd33-72004053d41e

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