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CVE-2022-2542

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2542 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the uContext for Clickbank plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 3.9.1. This flaw stems from a lack of nonce validation in the plugin's AJAX handling, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a critical risk where an attacker could achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:summitmediaconcepts:ucontext_for_clickbank:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/ucontext/trunk/app/sites/ajax/actions/keyword_save.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/ucontext/trunk/app/Ucontext_Ajax.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4af83d4b-2eae-481f-b3fd-d5bcacc1d709
Third Party Advisory
wordfence.com / vulnerability-advisories
Third Party Advisory