WP Sticky Button < 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS

published 2022-08-22 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34642

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits: 0; none known

The WP Sticky Button WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when saving its settings, allowing unauthenticated users to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping in some of them, it could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

okapitech wp_sticky_button 1.4.1

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caab1fca-cc6b-45bb-bd0d-f857edd8bb81 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Unknown WP Sticky Button – Click to Chat

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/caab1fca-cc6b-45bb-bd0d-f857edd8bb81
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-2375
NVD CVE-2022-2375

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Summary