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CVE-2022-38073: Multiple Authenticated (custom specific plugin role) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Awesome Support plugin <= 6.0.7 at WordPress.

medium Affects awesome-support (WordPress plugin), awesome-support/awesome-support. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

Multiple Authenticated (custom specific plugin role) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Awesome Support plugin <= 6.0.7 at WordPress.

Package
awesome-support (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=6.0.7
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (47.7th percentile)
Published
2022-09-21
Source
nvd

References

Awesome Support vulnerable to persistent cross-site scripting

Package
awesome-support/awesome-support Composer
Affected versions
<6.0.8
Fixed in
6.0.8
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (47.7th percentile)
Published
2022-09-22
Source
osv.dev

References

CWE-79
NVD recordawesome-support (WordPress plugin) advisoriesawesome-support/awesome-support advisories

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