Tabs Responsive <= 2.2.7 — Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-1298Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.2.7Update to 2.2.8 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?
Tabs Responsive – With WooCommerce Product Tabs Extension tabs-responsive
- Affected≤ 2.2.7
- Patched in2.2.8
Update to 2.2.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.2.7. Version 2.2.8 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Tabs Responsive – With WooCommerce Product Tabs Extension.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.2.8, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Tabs Responsive – With WooCommerce Product Tabs Extension to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Fayçal Chena.
The Tabs WordPress plugin before 2.2.8 does not sanitise and escape Tab descriptions, which could allow high privileged users with a role as low as editor 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
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Editor+) Remote Code Execution ≤2.5No patch available | CVE-2026-39776 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.5No patch available | CVE-2026-13718 | |
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- Medium4.4Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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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.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
