CVE-2022-1265
BulletProof Security < 6.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 6.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its CAPTCHA settings, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html 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 BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 6.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its CAPTCHA settings, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2022-1265- 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
BulletProof Security < 6.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 6.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its CAPTCHA settings, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2022-1265- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-24598 No score
The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 6.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its CAPTCHA settings, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
- Record
EUVD-2022-24598- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xx7x-j67h-66rj
The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 6.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its...
The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 6.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its CAPTCHA settings, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
- Record
GHSA-xx7x-j67h-66rj- 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, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-1265 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Ait-pro Bulletproof Security, published May 16, 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.