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CVE-2022-3408: WP Word Count <= 3.2.3 - 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: 2022-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Word Count WordPress plugin through 3.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Affected products

• WP Word Count: through 3.2.3

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/395bc893-2067-4f76-b49f-9ed8e1e8f330
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/395bc893-2067-4f76-b49f-9ed8e1e8f330

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