CVE-2022-36282 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Authenticated (editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roman Pronskiy's Search Exclude plugin <= 1.2.6 at WordPress.

Published: 2022-08-23

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Roman Pronskiy

Search Exclude (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.2.6`	affected	≤ 1.2.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:search_exclude_project:search_exclude:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 1.2.7 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-38999	Authenticated (editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roman Pronskiy's Search Exclude plugin <= 1.2.6 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00183.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/search-exclude/wordpress-search-exclude-plugin-1-2-6-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Search Exclude Project Search Exclude

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-08-23T15:46:48.790Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:44.781Z

Reserved: 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36282

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.315Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-23T16:15:11.087

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:12:42.947

Link: CVE-2022-36282

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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