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CVE-2022-2887: WP Server Health Stats < 1.7.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 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: 2022-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Server Health Stats WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

• WP Server Health Stats: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Server Health Stats 1.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/237541d5-c1a5-44f2-8e5f-82457b8f9497
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/237541d5-c1a5-44f2-8e5f-82457b8f9497

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