CVE-2022-4198: unknown wp social sharing Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-4198 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown wp social sharing. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 02-01-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 10-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The WP Social Sharing WordPress plugin through 2.2 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 even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA4.8MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- NVDNIST4.8MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
48%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.60% 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
Unknown1 product
- wp social sharing≤ 2.2
Wordpress1 product
- wp-social-sharing≤ 2.2
Wp_social_sharing_project1 product
- wp_social_sharing≤ 2.2
3 vendors · 3 products
References
3 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/ba372400-96f7-45a9-9e89-5984ecc4d1e2ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory