Simple File List < 4.4.12 - 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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 4.4.12 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 even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00597 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Simple File List (Unknown): 4.4.12
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Simple File List | 4.4.12 to before 4.4.12 | 4.4.12 | Patch available | CNA |
- Simple File List VendorUnknown Affected 4.4.12 to before 4.4.12 Fixed in 4.4.12 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:simplefilelist:simple-file-list:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 4.4.12 | Vulnerable | Simplefilelist |
- cpe:2.3:a:simplefilelist:simple-file-list:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 4.4.12 Vulnerable ·Simplefilelist
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Simple File List (Unknown) Fixed in 4.4.12
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Simple File List 4.4.12
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-02963 Simple File List < 4.4.13 - Page Creation via CSRFPriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-3207
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mx93-ppfr-7f73
References
More Simplefilelist Simple-file-list vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-02825 Simple File List < 4.4.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2020-10200 WordPress Plugin Simple File List before 4.2.8 is prone to a vulnerability that lets… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-01014 Simple File List <= 3.2.7 - Arbitrary File Download CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-02963 Simple File List < 4.4.13 - Page Creation via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-3207 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-3207 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mx93-ppfr-7f73 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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