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CVE-2022-3144

VendorwordfenceProductwordfence securityDiscoveredSep 23, 2022UpdatedApr 8, 2026

The Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.

CVSS v3.1
4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.83%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▲ 0.17pp
0.67% → 0.83% over 5 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredHIGH
User InteractionNONE
ScopeCHANGED
ConfidentialityLOW
IntegrityLOW
AvailabilityNONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Sep 23, 2022
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 8, 2026