CVE-2022-1597
WPQA < 5.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.4, used as a companion for the Discy and Himer , does not sanitise and escape a parameter on its reset password form which makes it possible to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.4, used as a companion for the Discy and Himer , does not sanitise and escape a parameter on its reset password form which makes it possible to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2022-1597- 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 - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WPQA < 5.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.4, used as a companion for the Discy and Himer , does not sanitise and escape a parameter on its reset password form which makes it possible to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2022-1597- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-24886 No score
The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.4, used as a companion for the Discy and Himer , does not sanitise and escape a parameter on its reset password form which makes it possible to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
EUVD-2022-24886- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7f3c-8333-69p4
The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.4, used as a companion for the Discy and Himer , does...
The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.4, used as a companion for the Discy and Himer , does not sanitise and escape a parameter on its reset password form which makes it possible to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
GHSA-7f3c-8333-69p4- 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
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress WPQA <5.4 - Cross-Site Scripting | |
| PoC in GitHub | V35HR4J/CVE-2022-1597 | 2022-05-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-1597 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in 2code Wpqa Builder, published June 6, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.04%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.