CVE-2022-0958: The Mark Posts WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not escape new markers, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability i

medium Affects mark-posts (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Mark Posts WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not escape new markers, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability i

Package
mark-posts (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.0.1
Fixed in
2.0.1
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (51.2th percentile)
Published
2022-04-04
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordmark-posts (WordPress plugin) advisories

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