CVE-2022-1990
Nested Pages < 3.1.21 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.1.21 does not escape and sanitize the some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the 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 Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.1.21 does not escape and sanitize the some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2022-1990- 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
Nested Pages < 3.1.21 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.1.21 does not escape and sanitize the some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2022-1990- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-25255 No score
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.1.21 does not escape and sanitize the some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
- Record
EUVD-2022-25255- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xqgh-cm65-m6gj
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.1.21 does not escape and sanitize the some of its...
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.1.21 does not escape and sanitize the some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
- Record
GHSA-xqgh-cm65-m6gj- 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-2022-1990 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Kylephillips Nested Pages, published June 27, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.67%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.