WP Spell Check <= 9.12 — Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-2658Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤9.12Update to 9.13 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?
WP Spell Check wp-spell-check
- Affected≤ 9.12
- Patched in9.13
Update to 9.13 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 9.12. Version 9.13 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Spell Check.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 9.13, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Spell Check to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Marco Nappi.
The WP Spell Check plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's settings in versions up to, and including, 9.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
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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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Author+) PHP Object Injection ≤12.1Update to 12.2 | CVE-2026-100506 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤9.21Update to 9.22 | CVE-2025-25111 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤9.17Update to 9.18 | CVE-2024-22143 | |
| Medium5.4 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤9.12Update to 9.13 | — | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting <9.3Update to 9.3 | — |
- High7.5Authenticated (Author+) PHP Object Injection
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- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤9.21Update to 9.22
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤9.17Update to 9.18
- Medium5.4Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤9.12Update to 9.13
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
<9.3Update to 9.3
Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
All Cross-Site Scripting| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder
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ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System
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- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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