CVE-2022-2710: Scroll To Top < 1.4.1 - 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: 2022-09-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Scroll To Top WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

Scroll To Top: before 1.4.1 — fixed in 1.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Scroll To Top 1.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f730f584-2370-49f9-a094-a5bc521671c1
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f730f584-2370-49f9-a094-a5bc521671c1

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