WP JS <= 2.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

published 2022-05-10 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-24859

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits: 0; none known

The WP-JS plugin for WordPress contains a script called wp-js.php with the function wp_js_admin, that accepts unvalidated user input and echoes it back to the user. This can be used for reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.0.6.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-04-23)

Exploit prediction

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

halmat WP JS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0ab82117-73dd-4257-8dfc-01dadcc3a83f?source=cve
third-party-advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-js/trunk/wp-js.php?rev=100281#L140
product
wordfence.com /vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1567
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-1567
NVD CVE-2022-1567

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