TI-2022-02716 Aliases CVE-2022-2936 GHSA-gpqg-cw35-cf9j

Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Video Link

LOW 29CWE-79Published 2022-09-06 · Updated 2025-02-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Video Link values that can be added to an Image Hover in versions up to, and including, 9.7.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. By default, the plugin only allows administrators access to edit Image Hovers, however, if a site admin makes the plugin's features available to lower privileged users through the 'Who Can Edit?' setting then this can be exploited by those users.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00642 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Biplob Adhikari	Image Hover Effects Ultimate (Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison or Magnifier)	9.7.3 – 9.7.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

Image Hover Effects Ultimate (Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison or Magnifier) VendorBiplob Adhikari Affected 9.7.3 – 9.7.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:oxilab:image_hover_effects_ultimate::::::wordpress::*	up to 9.7.3	Vulnerable	Biplob Adhikari

cpe:2.3:a:oxilab:image_hover_effects_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 9.7.3 Vulnerable ·Biplob Adhikari

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2936
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gpqg-cw35-cf9j
2026-10-29 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2669411%40image-hover-effects-ultimate&new=2669411%40image-hover-effects-ultimate&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2936

TI-2022-20658 WordPress Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin <= 9.7.1 - Auth. WordPress Options Change vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2022-02717 Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Title & Description CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2022-02715 Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2021-07309 Image Hover Effects Ultimate < 9.7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2022-03851 The Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2022-11894 Cross-site scripting in Biplob Adhikari Image Hover Effects Ultimate CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

Sources

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