# CVE-2022-2094: Yellow Yard Searchbar < 2.8.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via unescaped URL parameters in the Yellow Yard Searchbar plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9ccr-2cqc-j2h4

## What is CVE-2022-2094?

CVE-2022-2094 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Yellow Yard Searchbar, published on 8 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Yellow Yard Searchbar WordPress plugin before 2.8.2 does not escape some URL parameters before outputting them back to the user, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2094?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Yellowyard Yellow Yard Searchbar.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2094?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2094 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2094 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2094 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Yellow Yard Searchbar

- [CVE-2023-1110](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1110/): Yellow Yard < 2.8.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2094 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2094 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Yellow Yard Searchbar, published on 8 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2094 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Yellow Yard Searchbar. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2094/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2094/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2094
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2094
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2094

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2094/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.