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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-28290

welaunch wordpress_country_selector Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Published May 16, 2026 · catalog updated May 16, 2026 · welaunch wordpress_country_selector Improper Neutralization

Patch now

CVE-2022-28290 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm welaunch wordpress_country_selector Improper Neutralization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (welaunch wordpress_country_selector Improper Neutralization).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.40%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor welaunch wordpress_country_selector

Reflective Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in WordPress Country Selector Plugin Version 1.6.5. The XSS payload executes whenever the user tries to access the country selector page with the specified payload as a part of the HTTP request

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor welaunch wordpress_country_selectorversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-28290

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-28290 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm welaunch wordpress_country_selector Improper Neutralization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.40%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 16, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Reflective Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in WordPress Country Selector Plugin Version 1.6.5. The XSS payload executes whenever the user tries to access the country selector page with the specified payload as a part of the HTTP request

  2. May 16, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-28290

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-28290

    30-day exploitation probability 1.4%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-28290

    Reflective Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in WordPress Country Selector Plugin Version 1.6.5. The XSS payload executes whenever the user tries to access the country selector page with the specified payload as a part of the HTTP request

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.