CVE-2022-3128: Donation Thermometer < 2.1.3 - 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: 2022-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Donation Thermometer WordPress plugin before 2.1.3 does not sanitise and 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

Donation Thermometer: before 2.1.3 — fixed in 2.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Donation Thermometer 2.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97201998-1859-4428-9b81-9c2748806cf4
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97201998-1859-4428-9b81-9c2748806cf4

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