CVE-2022-2375: WP Sticky Button < 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Sticky Button WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when saving its settings, allowing unauthenticated users to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping in some of them, it could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Affected products

WP Sticky Button – Click to Chat: before 1.4.1 — fixed in 1.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Sticky Button – Click to Chat 1.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caab1fca-cc6b-45bb-bd0d-f857edd8bb81
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caab1fca-cc6b-45bb-bd0d-f857edd8bb81

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