CVE-2022-1216 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Advanced Image Sitemap WordPress plugin up to version 1.2. This flaw arises because the plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape the PHP_SELF variable before displaying it on an administrative page. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger. A successful attack could lead to information disclosure and integrity compromise, though not availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:advanced_image_sitemap_project:advanced_image_sitemap:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.