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TI-2022-02227 Aliases CVE-2022-2412GHSA-hc7r-r5xc-j3c6

Better Tag Cloud <= 0.99.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Better Tag Cloud WordPress plugin through 0.99.5 does not 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)

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00622 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownBetter Tag Cloud0.99.5 – 0.99.5—No fix listedCNA
  • Better Tag Cloud VendorUnknown Affected 0.99.5 – 0.99.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:better_tag_cloud_project:better_tag_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 0.99.5VulnerableBetter Tag Cloud Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:better_tag_cloud_project:better_tag_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 0.99.5 Vulnerable ·Better Tag Cloud Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2412
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hc7r-r5xc-j3c6
  3. 2026-11-06 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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