6.4

CVE-2022-1171: unknown vertical scroll recent post Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumModified
Published 09-05-2022Last modified 02-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-1171 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown vertical scroll recent post. EPSS estimates a 0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 14.0.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.80%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 09-05-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Vertical scroll recent post WordPress plugin before 14.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.79% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.80%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Vertical_scroll_recent_post_project1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • vertical-scroll-recent-post< 14.0

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links