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CVE-2022-0230

Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps <= 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.1 Medium

The Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin through 1.4.1 does not sanitise and escape its logs when outputting them in the admin dashboard, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.53%Up 0.6 points since Mar 15, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

The Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin through 1.4.1 does not sanitise and escape its logs when outputting them in the admin dashboard, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins

Record
CVE-2022-0230
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps <= 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin through 1.4.1 does not sanitise and escape its logs when outputting them in the admin dashboard, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins

Record
CVE-2022-0230
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15427 No score

The Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin through 1.4.1 does not sanitise and escape its logs when outputting them in the admin dashboard, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins

Record
EUVD-2022-15427
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jv33-9pvf-mxwh 6.1

The Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin through 1.4.1 does not sanitise and...

The Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin through 1.4.1 does not sanitise and escape its logs when outputting them in the admin dashboard, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins

Record
GHSA-jv33-9pvf-mxwh
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS: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

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-0230 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Bwp-google-xml-sitemaps Project Bwp-google-xml-sitemaps, published March 14, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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