CVE-2022-50961

Description

WordPress Plugin IP2Location Country Blocker 2.26.7 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary JavaScript code through the Frontend Settings interface. Attackers can inject malicious scripts in the URL field of the Display page settings that execute when administrators or other authenticated users visit the plugin settings page.

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

medium

CVSS score

6.4 / 10

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Effective score

6.4 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

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Last updated

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Source

https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2022-50961

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2026-05-10 13:16:33 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-05-12 14:24:15 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

6.4 / 10 MEDIUM source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

NVD CVSS vector

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

Exploitability subscore

3.1 / 10

Impact subscore

2.7 / 10

EPSS score

0.0003 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

9.57% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-79 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2022-55982

Assigner

VulnCheck

Published

May 10, 2026, 12:12:55 PM

Updated

May 24, 2026, 1:37:29 AM

EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)

5.1 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

EUVD-reported EPSS

0.0300

Vendors

IP2Location

Products

IP2Location Country Blocker (2.26.7)

ENISA description: WordPress Plugin IP2Location Country Blocker 2.26.7 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary JavaScript code through the Frontend Settings interface. Attackers can inject malicious scripts in the URL field of the Display page settings that execute when administrators or other authenticated users visit the plugin settings page.

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

Web references (6)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50961 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/ tenable:wordpress.org
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50961 tenable:www.cve.org
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50709 tenable:www.exploit-db.com
• https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-ip2location-country-blocker-stored-xss tenable:www.vulncheck.com

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