Simple Banner < 2.12.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

published 2022-08-22 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-15585

cvss: 4.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Simple Banner WordPress plugin before 2.12.0 does not properly sanitize its "Simple Banner Text" Settings allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

simple_banner_project simple_banner 2.12.0

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Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Unknown Simple Banner

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/3fc7986e-3b38-4e16-9516-2ae00bc7a581
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-0446
NVD CVE-2022-0446

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