CVE-2022-42462 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adeel Ahmed's IP Blacklist Cloud plugin <= 5.00 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00207.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Adeel Ahmed

IP Blacklist Cloud

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 5.00

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ad33lx:ip_blacklist_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Ad33lx Subscribe	Ip Blacklist Cloud Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45535	Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adeel Ahmed's IP Blacklist Cloud plugin <= 5.00 versions.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ip-blacklist-cloud/wordpress-ip-blacklist-cloud-plugin-5-00-auth-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ad33lx Ad33lx ip Blacklist Cloud
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:ip_blacklist_cloud_project:ip_blacklist_cloud::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:ad33lx:ip_blacklist_cloud::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Ip Blacklist Cloud Project Ip Blacklist Cloud Project ip Blacklist Cloud	Ad33lx Ad33lx ip Blacklist Cloud

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-01-17T04:36:15.616Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T15:59:22.342Z

Reserved: 2022-10-19T11:13:29.773Z

Link: CVE-2022-42462

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:41.036Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-01-17T05:15:14.413

Modified: 2026-02-27T21:49:34.307

Link: CVE-2022-42462

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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