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medium 4.8

CVE-2022-0448 json

CP Blocks < 1.0.15 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-15587

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The CP Blocks WordPress plugin before 1.0.15 does not sanitise and escape its "License ID" settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Patch / fix

  • dwbooster cp_blocks 1.0.15

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-50724)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50724 WordPress Plugin CP Blocks 1.0.14 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) webapps, 2022-02-08
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d4ff63ee-28e6-486e-9aa7-c878b97f707c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Unknown CP Blocks

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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