CVE-2022-40968
WordPress 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store Plugin <= 2.1.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin <=2.1.5 on WordPress.
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
CVE List Score used
WordPress 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store Plugin <= 2.1.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin <=2.1.5 on WordPress.
- Record
CVE-2022-40968- 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
EUVDEUVD-2022-44214
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin <=2.1.5 on WordPress.
- Record
EUVD-2022-44214- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vg4q-wg2q-v799
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin <=2.1.5...
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin <=2.1.5 on WordPress.
- Record
GHSA-vg4q-wg2q-v799- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin <=2.1.5 on WordPress.
- Record
CVE-2022-40968- 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 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2022-40968 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in 2kblater 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store, published December 4, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.