6.1

CVE-2022-1469: fibosearch Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
Published 06-06-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-1469 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in fibosearch. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 1.17.0.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 06-06-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The FiboSearch WordPress plugin before 1.17.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.59% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.59%

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

Fibosearch1 product
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • ajax-search-for-woocommerce< 1.17.0

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links