{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2538 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-2538 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Hide \u0026 Security Enhancer, published on 29 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2538 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-2538 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Hide \u0026 Security Enhancer, published on 29 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2538 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Unknown WP Hide \u0026 Security Enhancer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2538/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-2538","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2538/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-2538","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4mf2-h833-wrvr"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the admin backend via reflected XSS in the WP Hide \u0026 Security Enhancer plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"WPScan","cpe":[{"product":"wp_hide_\\\u0026_security_enhancer","vendor":"nsp-code"}],"cvss":{"score":6.1,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"The WP Hide \u0026 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","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WP Hide \u0026 Security Enhancer \u003c 1.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2022-2538","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in GitLab","id":"CVE-2022-2539"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WooCommerce PDF Invoices \u0026 Packing Slips \u003c 3.0.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2022-2537"},"products":["WP Hide \u0026 Security Enhancer"],"published":"2022-08-29","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["Unknown"]},"summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the admin backend via reflected XSS in the WP Hide \u0026 Security Enhancer plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2538/"}