CVE-2022-2278
Featured Image from URL < 4.0.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-2278 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Fifu Featured Image From Url, published August 1, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 4.8 MediumCVSS 3.1, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 0.62%EPSS, 50th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
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
Affected products
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
CVE-2022-2278- 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
CVE ListNo score
Featured Image from URL < 4.0.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
CVE-2022-2278- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34552No score
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
EUVD-2022-34552- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3rw5-p5r3-p5vw
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and...
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
GHSA-3rw5-p5r3-p5vw- 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
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.