CVE-2022-0649
Adrotate < 5.8.23 - Admin+ XSS via Group Name
The AdRotate WordPress plugin before 5.8.23 does not escape Group Names, 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
4.8
The AdRotate WordPress plugin before 5.8.23 does not escape Group Names, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2022-0649- 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
Adrotate < 5.8.23 - Admin+ XSS via Group Name
The AdRotate WordPress plugin before 5.8.23 does not escape Group Names, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2022-0649- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15743 No score
The AdRotate WordPress plugin before 5.8.23 does not escape Group Names, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
EUVD-2022-15743- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7vp2-wpmq-r5hv
4.8
The AdRotate WordPress plugin before 5.8.23 does not escape Group Names, which could allow high...
The AdRotate WordPress plugin before 5.8.23 does not escape Group Names, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
GHSA-7vp2-wpmq-r5hv- 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
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0649 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Ajdg Adrotate, published May 2, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.