CVE-2022-2189
WP Video Lightbox < 1.9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
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 WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
- Record
CVE-2022-2189- 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
CVE List No score
WP Video Lightbox < 1.9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
- Record
CVE-2022-2189- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34473 No score
The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
- Record
EUVD-2022-34473- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-76hv-f72c-jqm4
The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']...
The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers
- Record
GHSA-76hv-f72c-jqm4- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-2189 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Tipsandtricks-hq Wp Video Lightbox, published July 25, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.