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CVE-2022-2538: WP Hide & Security Enhancer < 1.8 - 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: 2022-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Hide & Security Enhancer WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute of a backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

• WP Hide & Security Enhancer: before 1.8 — fixed in 1.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Hide & Security Enhancer 1.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/afa1e159-30bc-42d2-b3f8-8c868b113d3e
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/afa1e159-30bc-42d2-b3f8-8c868b113d3e

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