CVE-2022-30536 LOW

CVE-2022-30536: WordPress WP Maintenance plugin <= 6.0.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Florent Maillefaud

Product WP Maintenance (WordPress plugin)

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published July 21, 2022

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

3.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Florent Maillefaud's WP Maintenance plugin <= 6.0.7 at WordPress.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WP Maintenance versions up to 6.0.7 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the plugin settings. An authenticated administrator with high privileges can inject malicious JavaScript that executes when other users view the maintenance page. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity of the site's frontend.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious JavaScript that runs in visitors' browsers when they view the maintenance page.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Site administrators could be tricked into visiting a malicious link that injects code affecting your site's visitors.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Administrator account access and user interaction (victim must view the affected page).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

July 21, 2022 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30536 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-30536

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 3.4 / LOW

Affected versions