CVE-2022-4029
Simple:Press <= 6.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Cookie Value
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'sforum_[md5 hash of the WordPress URL]' cookie value in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This would be highly complex to exploit as it would require the attacker to set the cookie a cookie for the targeted user.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | simplepress |
| Product | simple:press forum |
| Published | Nov 29, 2022 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
simplepress / Simple:Press Forum
0 ≤ 6.8
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55a57b5f-2f87-4060-b1c2-77086f695dda?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2804020%40simplepress&new=2804020%40simplepress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4029
Credits
Luca Greeb Andreas Krüger