CVE-2022-50970
📛 CVE Title
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Description
WordPress Plugin AAWP 3.16 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by manipulating the tab parameter. Attackers can craft URLs with XSS payloads in the tab parameter of the aawp-settings admin page to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of authenticated users.
Overview
- State
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- Assigner (CNA)
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- CVSS severity
- medium
- CVSS score
- 5.4 / 10
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Effective score
- 5.4 / 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-2022-50970
NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0
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- NVD published
- 2026-05-10 13:16:34 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2026-05-12 14:24:15 UTC
- NVD CVSS v3.1
- 5.4 / 10 MEDIUM source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
- NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Exploitability subscore
- 2.3 / 10
- Impact subscore
- 2.7 / 10
- EPSS score
- 0.0003 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
- EPSS percentile
- 8.66% 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)
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European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD
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- EUVD ID
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EUVD-2022-55991 - Assigner
- VulnCheck
- Published
- May 10, 2026, 12:13:01 PM
- Updated
- May 24, 2026, 1:37:35 AM
- EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)
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5.1 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - EUVD-reported EPSS
- 0.0300
- Vendors
- Getaawp
- Products
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WordPress Plugin AAWP (3.16)
ENISA description: WordPress Plugin AAWP 3.16 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by manipulating the tab parameter. Attackers can craft URLs with XSS payloads in the tab parameter of the aawp-settings admin page to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of authenticated users.
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://getaawp.com/ tenable:getaawp.com
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50970 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50970 tenable:www.cve.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50643 tenable:www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-aawp-reflected-xss-via-tab-parameter tenable:www.vulncheck.com
NVD-tagged references (3)
Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.
- https://getaawp.com/ disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50643 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-aawp-reflected-xss-via-tab-parameter disclosure@vulncheck.com
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web:nvd.nist.gov
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web:support.microsoft.com
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web:windowsreport.com
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2026-05-26 03:06 UTC -
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web:www.howtogeek.com
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web:www.windowslatest.com
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