CVE-2022-2050: The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape one of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallo

medium Affects wp-paginate (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape one of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallo

Package
wp-paginate (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.1.9
Fixed in
2.1.9
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (48.0th percentile)
Published
2022-07-11
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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