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WordPress Plugin: wp-members: CVE-2017-2222: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Jun 13, 2017

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 29, 2026

Description

The WP-Members plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions before 3.1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Solution

wp-members-plugin-cve-2017-2222

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2222
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4db5d4ec-0f49-40fb-97b3-f0146cbbbe52?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-11405
CVE-2017-2222
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-2222
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2017-11405

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