CVE-2022-37342 — Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Add Short

Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Add Shortcodes Actions And Filters plugin <= 2.0.9 at WordPress.

01What is this vulnerability?

Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Add Shortcodes Actions And Filters plugin <= 2.0.9 at WordPress.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Michael Simpson	Add Shortcodes Actions And Filters (WordPress plugin)	<= 2.0.9

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-23T14:32:51.722Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-20T20:02:52.017Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/add-actions-and-filters/wordpress-…
• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-actions-and-filters/