CVE-2022-40211 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-40211: WordPress GiveWP plugin <= 2.25.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via render_dropdown vulnerability

Vendor Givewp

Product GiveWP

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published April 12, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in GiveWP allows Stored XSS.This issue affects GiveWP: from n/a through 2.25.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 12, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40211 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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