vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: loading-page: CVE-2022-2169: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 23, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Loading Page with Loading Screen WordPress plugin before 1.0.83 does not escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Solution

loading-page-plugin-cve-2022-2169
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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