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CVE-2022-1557

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 EPSS 1.12% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-05-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.4. It affects WordPress. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2022-1557
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.4
EPSS
1.12%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

The ULeak Security & Monitoring WordPress plugin through 1.2.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating its settings, and is also lacking sanitisation as well as escaping in some of them, which could allow any authenticated users such as subscriber to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins viewing the settings