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CVE-2021-4222

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
February 28, 2022
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not sanitise and escape its preset settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected WordPress components

  • WP-Paginate Plugin · wp-paginate
    Confirmed match Active
    From 2.1.4 (including) to 2.1.4 (excluding); Before 2.1.4
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown WP-Paginate — From 2.1.4 (including) to 2.1.4 (excluding)
  • maxfoundry wp-paginate — Before 2.1.4

References

  • packetstormsecurity.com https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160800/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6df5f5b1-f10b-488e-80b3-2c024bbb8c78 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record