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CVE-2021-4222

WP Paginate < 2.1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 28, 2022 at 09:06 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWp Paginate

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not sanitise and escape its preset settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Wp Paginate· Maxfoundrywordpress-plugin
95%
v < 2.1.4
Affected range stops below 2.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160800/
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6df5f5b1-f10b-488e-80b3-2c024bbb8c78

CVSS

4.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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