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CVE-2022-4260: WP-Ban < 1.69.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The WP-Ban WordPress plugin before 1.69.1 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

• WP-Ban: before 1.69.1 — fixed in 1.69.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP-Ban 1.69.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0cf24be-df87-4e1f-aae7-e9684c88e7db
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0cf24be-df87-4e1f-aae7-e9684c88e7db

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