CVE-2022-2538

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2022-2538 · Published 29/08/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-2538 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting wp hide & security enhancer (nsp-code).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.68%, higher than 52.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.8 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wp hide & security enhancer nsp-code	`< 1.8`	`1.8`

Description

The WP Hide & Security Enhancer WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute of a backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/afa1e159-30bc-42d2-b3f8-8c868b113d3e · Exploit

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