CVE-2022-1241: The Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.2 does not properly sanitise and escape several of the fields in the Edit Profile page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

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

The Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.2 does not properly sanitise and escape several of the fields in the Edit Profile page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

Package
ask-me (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<6.8.2
Fixed in
6.8.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (56.5th percentile)
Published
2022-06-08
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordask-me (WordPress plugin) advisories

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