CVE-2022-2798

Q: How do I fix CVE-2022-2798?

Upgrade affiliates manager to 2.9.14 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2022-2798 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-2798 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2022-2798?

CVE-2022-2798 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2022-2798 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for affiliates manager (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

8.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.14 does not validate and sanitise the affiliate data, which could allow users registering as affiliate to perform CSV injection attacks against an admin exporting the data

CWE-1236

How to fix

Remediation Available

affiliates managerNVD

Affected:< 2.9.14Fixed in:2.9.14CVE-2022-2798derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-33256	High	8.8	79%	-	-
CVE-2018-11652	Critical	9.8	24%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36962	Critical	9.8	11%	-	-
CVE-2019-12765	Critical	9.8	10%	-	-
CVE-2019-14749	High	8.8	9.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-9372	High	7.8	8.6%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2022-2798?

Upgrade affiliates manager to 2.9.14 or later.

Is CVE-2022-2798 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-2798 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2022-2798?

CVE-2022-2798 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2022-2798 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for affiliates manager (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-17.