CVE-2022-4027 HIGH

CVE-2022-4027: Simple:Press <= 6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Forum Replies

Vendor Simplepress
Product Simple:Press Forum
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published November 29, 2022
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'postitem' parameter manipulated during a forum response in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping that makes injecting object and embed tags possible. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages when responding to forum threads that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 29, 2022 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated