CVE-2022-2473
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
06/09/2022
Last modified:
05/05/2025
Description
The WP-UserOnline plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘templates[browsingpage][text]' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.87.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative capabilities and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html is disabled.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wp-useronline_project:wp-useronline:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 2.87.6 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473
- https://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473
- https://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0



