CVE-2022-2473

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: September 06, 2022 Modified: April 08, 2026
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Description

The WP-UserOnline plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘templates[browsingpage][text]' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.87.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative capabilities and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html is disabled.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt
Source: security@wordfence.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Source: security@wordfence.com
Patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893
Source: security@wordfence.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912
Source: security@wordfence.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory
https://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0
Source: security@wordfence.com
Exploit
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79 CWE-79 CWE-79

Affected Vendors

wp-useronline_project

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