CVE-2022-0840: The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 3.2.1 does not properly escape the image_file field when adding a new social icon, allowing high privileged users to inject arbitrary javascript even when

medium Affects easy-social-icons (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-04-11; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 3.2.1 does not properly escape the image_file field when adding a new social icon, allowing high privileged users to inject arbitrary javascript even when

Package: easy-social-icons (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <3.2.1
Fixed in: 3.2.1
Severity: medium CVSS 4.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (48.5th percentile)
Published: 2022-04-11
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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