CVE-2022-1995: miniorange malware_scanner Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-1995 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in miniorange malware_scanner. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 4.5.2.
Timeline
- 27-06-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Malware Scanner WordPress plugin before 4.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- wordfenceSource4.8MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
47%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.58% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Miniorange1 product
- malware_scanner< 4.5.2
Unknown1 product
- malware scanner≥ 4.5.2, < 4.5.2
Wordpress1 product
- miniorange-malware-protection≤ 4.5.1 (fixed in 4.5.2)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/62fb399d-3327-45d0-b10f-769d2d164903X Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory