CVE-2022-2271 (GCVE-0-2022-2271)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-05 12:35
Modified
2024-08-03 00:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The WP Database Backup WordPress plugin before 5.9 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown WP Database Backup Version: 5.9   < 5.9
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