WordPress Search Exclude plugin <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2022-08-23 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-38999

cvss: 4.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

links 1

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/search-exclude/wordpress-search-exc… advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-20)

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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

Roman Pronskiy Search Exclude (WordPress plugin)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/search-exclude/wordpress-search-exclude-plugin-1-2-6-authenticated-stored-cross-site-s
patch, third-party-advisory
wordpress.org /plugins/search-exclude/#developers
product, release-notes

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-36282
NVD CVE-2022-36282

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Summary