CVE-2022-44590 — WordPress Simple Video Embedder plugin <= 2.2 - Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

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WordPress Simple Video Embedder plugin <= 2.2 - Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Published Nov 9, 2022

5.4

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CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.50%

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in James Lao's Simple Video Embedder plugin <= 2.2 on WordPress.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
<= 2.2	affected	<=2.2

No remediation recorded yet.

0.50% 0.00495

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00495

2022–2026

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.50% (0.00495)	40.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.47% (0.00467)	36.63th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00109)	26.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00050)	21.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00050)	19.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 18, 2024	0.05% (0.00048)	17.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 10, 2023	0.05% (0.00048)	15.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00045)	11.89th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Nov 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Link	Providers	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/simple-video-embedder/wordpress-simple-video-embedder-plugin-2-2-auth-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve		Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-video-embedder/		ProductThird Party Advisory