CVE-2022-4029 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-4029: Simple:Press <= 6.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Cookie Value

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

CVSS base score

4.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'sforum_[md5 hash of the WordPress URL]' cookie value in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This would be highly complex to exploit as it would require the attacker to set the cookie a cookie for the targeted user.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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