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CVE-2022-36282

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.4)—

Authenticated (editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roman Pronskiy's Search Exclude plugin <= 1.2.6 at WordPress.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Search Exclude Project — Search Exclude

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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