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CVE-2022-1171: The Vertical scroll recent post WordPress plugin before 14.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

medium Affects vertical-scroll-recent-post (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Vertical scroll recent post WordPress plugin before 14.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Package
vertical-scroll-recent-post (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<14.0
Fixed in
14.0
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (56.5th percentile)
Published
2022-05-09
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordvertical-scroll-recent-post (WordPress plugin) advisories

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