Name: CVE-2022-2173: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-2173, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.00788

The Advanced Database Cleaner WordPress plugin before 3.1.1 does not escape numerous generated URLs before outputting them back in href attributes of admin dashboard pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Advanced Database Cleaner Plugin	—	Update advanced-database-cleaner plugin to version 3.1.1, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jun 27, 2022

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