Description
The WP User plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via its settings parameters in versions up to, and including, 7.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Published: 2022-12-15
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51859 The WP User plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via its settings parameters in versions up to, and including, 7.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title WP User <= 7.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:06:28.985Z

Reserved: 2022-12-15T19:19:02.372Z

Link: CVE-2022-4519

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.618Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-15T21:15:12.577

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:17:34.117

Link: CVE-2022-4519

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Weaknesses