Hummingbird <= 3.3.1 — Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-0994Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <3.3.2Update to 3.3.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.5
- CVSS
- 5.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN hummingbird-performance
- Affected< 3.3.2
- Patched in3.3.2
Update to 3.3.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 3.3.2. Version 3.3.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.3.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Taurus Omar.
The Hummingbird WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 does not sanitise and escape the Config Name, which could allow high privilege users, such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Cookie Name in Page Cache Debug Log ≤3.21.0Update to 3.21.1 | CVE-2026-83627 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution <3.21.2Update to 3.21.2 | CVE-2026-19224 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File ≤3.18.0Update to 3.18.1 | CVE-2025-14437 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤3.9.1Update to 3.9.2 | CVE-2024-43117 |
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≤3.21.2Update to 4.0.0
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- High7.5Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File
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- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤3.9.1Update to 3.9.2
Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
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|---|---|---|---|
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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