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CVE-2022-2186

Simple Post Notes < 1.7.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 17, 2022 at 10:37 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSimple Post Notes

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

The Simple Post Notes WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected

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

Simple Post Notes· Bracketspacewordpress-plugin
95%
v < 1.7.6
Affected range stops below 1.7.6, 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 (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b766103a-7f91-4d91-9f9c-bff4bfd53f57

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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