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CVE-2022-0901
Ad Inserter < 2.7.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Medium6.1EPSS 3.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The Ad Inserter Free and Pro WordPress plugins before 2.7.12 do not sanitise and escape the REQUEST_URI before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in browsers which do not encode characters
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Unknown · Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads
- affected 2.7.12 – < 2.7.12
- affected 2.7.12 – < 2.7.12
References (2)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/85582b4f-a40a-4394-9834-0c88c5dc57ba (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166626/WordPress-Ad-Inserter-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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