# CVE-2022-29444: WordPress Breeze plugin <= 2.0.2 - Plugin Settings Change leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Subscribers can modify Breeze plugin settings via AJAX actions, enabling Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qm2w-68c6-wxv5

## What is CVE-2022-29444?

CVE-2022-29444 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze (WordPress plugin), published on 2 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Plugin Settings Change leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze plugin <= 2.0.2 on WordPress allows users with a subscriber or higher user role to execute any of the wp_ajax_* actions in the class Breeze_Configuration which includes the ability to change any of the plugin's settings including CDN setting which could be further used for XSS attack.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29444?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cloudways Breeze.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29444?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29444 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29444 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29444 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29444 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29444 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze (WordPress plugin), published on 2 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29444 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cloudways Breeze (WordPress plugin). 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-2022-29444/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29444/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29444
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29444
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29444

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29444/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.