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CVE-2022-2658

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
January 16, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The WP Spell Check WordPress plugin before 9.13 does not escape ignored words, 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)

Affected WordPress components

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 Spell Check — Before 9.13
  • wpspellcheck wpspellcheck — Before 9.13

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e72fa040-3ca5-4570-9a3c-c704574b1ca3 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record