# CVE-2022-3062: Simple File List < 4.4.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Simple File List plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via unescaped parameters.

- **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:** 26 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-87x2-4xvf-5x6q

## What is CVE-2022-3062?

CVE-2022-3062 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple File List, published on 26 Sep 2022. 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 Simple File List WordPress plugin before 4.4.12 does not escape parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3062?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Simplefilelist Simple-File-List.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3062 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3062 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3062 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Simple File List < 4.4.12 - Cross Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-3062.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple File List

- [CVE-2020-12832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12832/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-1119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1119/): Simple File List <= 3.2.7 - Arbitrary File Download (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-3208](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3208/): Simple File List < 4.4.13 - Page Creation via CSRF (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-3207](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3207/): Simple File List < 4.4.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3062 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3062 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple File List, published on 26 Sep 2022. 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-2022-3062 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Simple File List. 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-2022-3062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3062/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3062
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3062
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3062

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3062/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.