CVE-2022-2515
Simple Banner <= 2.11.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the pro_version_activation_code parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those without administrative capabilities when access is granted to those users, to inject arbitrary web scripts in page that will execute whenever a user role having access to "Simple Banner" accesses the plugin's settings.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Simple Banner <= 2.11.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the pro_version_activation_code parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those without administrative capabilities when access is granted to those users, to inject arbitrary web scripts in page that will execute whenever a user role having access to "Simple Banner" accesses the plugin's settings.
- Record
CVE-2022-2515- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34772
The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the pro_version_activation_code parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those without administrative capabilities when access is granted to those users, to inject arbitrary web scripts in page that will execute whenever a user role having access to "Simple Banner" accesses the plugin's settings.
- Record
EUVD-2022-34772- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9fcg-cr5h-v9g7
The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ...
The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the pro_version_activation_code parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those without administrative capabilities when access is granted to those users, to inject arbitrary web scripts in page that will execute whenever a user role having access to "Simple Banner" accesses the plugin's settings.
- Record
GHSA-9fcg-cr5h-v9g7- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the pro_version_activation_code parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those without administrative capabilities when access is granted to those users, to inject arbitrary web scripts in page that will execute whenever a user role having access to "Simple Banner" accesses the plugin's settings.
- Record
CVE-2022-2515- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-2515 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Simple Banner Project Banner, published September 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.00%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bb9520d-e679-4e8a-ae3c-8207f17d45a2?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758766%40simple-banner&new=2758766%40simple-banner&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/6aa9e730c1d030a5ee9f9d1eae6fbd5e
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2515
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9fcg-cr5h-v9g7