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CVE-2022-0840

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
April 11, 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 Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 3.2.1 does not properly escape the image_file field when adding a new social icon, allowing high privileged users to inject arbitrary javascript even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected WordPress components

  • Easy Social Icons Plugin · easy-social-icons
    Confirmed match Active
    From 3.2.1 (including) to 3.2.1 (excluding)
    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 Easy Social Icons — From 3.2.1 (including) to 3.2.1 (excluding)
  • cybernetikz easy_social_icons — Before 3.2.1

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9da884a9-b4dd-4de0-9afa-722f772cf2df Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record