CVE-2022-0535
E2Pdf < 1.16.45 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.16.45 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.16.45 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2022-0535- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
E2Pdf < 1.16.45 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.16.45 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2022-0535- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15660 No score
The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.16.45 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
EUVD-2022-15660- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-48h4-gmhg-hvjg
The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.16.45 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings,...
The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.16.45 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
GHSA-48h4-gmhg-hvjg- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress E2Pdf <1.16.45 - Cross-Site Scripting |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0535 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in E2pdf, published March 7, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.26%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.