CVE-2022-2407
WP phpMyAdmin < 5.2.0.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WP phpMyAdmin WordPress plugin before 5.2.0.4 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
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 WP phpMyAdmin WordPress plugin before 5.2.0.4 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
CVE-2022-2407- 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
CVE List No score
WP phpMyAdmin < 5.2.0.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WP phpMyAdmin WordPress plugin before 5.2.0.4 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
CVE-2022-2407- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34670 No score
The WP phpMyAdmin WordPress plugin before 5.2.0.4 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
EUVD-2022-34670- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f99m-cxqp-8qjc
The WP phpMyAdmin WordPress plugin before 5.2.0.4 does not escape some of its settings, which...
The WP phpMyAdmin WordPress plugin before 5.2.0.4 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
GHSA-f99m-cxqp-8qjc- 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-2022-2407 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Puvox Wp Phpmyadmin, published August 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.