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CVE-2022-1772
Google Places Review < 2.0.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
Medium4.8EPSS 0.77%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The Google Places Reviews WordPress plugin before 2.0.0 does not properly escape its Google API key setting, which is reflected on the site's administration panel. A malicious administrator could abuse this bug, in a multisite WordPress configuration, to trick super-administrators into viewing the booby-trapped payload and taking over their account.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.77% · top 44% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Unknown · Google Places Reviews
- affected 2.0.0 – < 2.0.0
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/02addade-d191-4e45-b7b5-2f3f673679ab (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)
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- 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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