CVE-2022-2170: The Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scri

medium Affects microsoft-advertising-universal-event-tracking (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scri

Package
microsoft-advertising-universal-event-tracking (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.0.4
Fixed in
1.0.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (72.7th percentile)
Published
2022-08-01
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordmicrosoft-advertising-universal-event-tracking (WordPress plugin) advisories

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