# CVE-2022-2515: Simple Banner <= 2.11.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts into Simple Banner settings, executing them for other users with access.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9fcg-cr5h-v9g7

## What is CVE-2022-2515?

CVE-2022-2515 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rpetersen29 Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website, published on 6 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `pro_version_activation_code` parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those without administrative capabilities when access is granted to those users, to inject arbitrary web scripts in page that will execute whenever a user role having access to "Simple Banner" accesses the plugin's settings.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2515?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Simple Banner Project Simple Banner.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2515?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2515 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2515 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2515 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in rpetersen29 Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website

- [CVE-2022-0446](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0446/): Simple Banner < 2.12.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2021-24574](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24574/): Simple Banner < 2.10.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-12769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12769/): Simple Banner < 3.0.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2515 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2515 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rpetersen29 Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website, published on 6 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2515 exists.

Affected product: rpetersen29 Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website. 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-2022-2515/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2515/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2515
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2515
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2515

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2515/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.