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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 · corrected/updated May 16, 2026 · welaunch wordpress_country_selector · evidence confidence very high

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

Grounded briefings

Catalog interpretations for three audiences. Each brief cites ingested metadata and the original advisories below. They are not independent research and they do not invent exploit steps.

Executive

CVE-2022-28290 is a unknown public vulnerability record for welaunch wordpress_country_selector. CISA lists it as known exploited. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. This summary is a catalog interpretation of the ingested metadata and cites the original advisories below.

System administrator

Identify whether welaunch wordpress_country_selector is in your estate, then compare installed versions with the affected ranges. Affected packages or ranges on record: welaunch wordpress_country_selector. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. Prefer the vendor or distribution advisory linked in Sources before changing production systems. This is a catalog interpretation, not a runbook.

Security analyst

Signals on file: EPSS 1.4%. CISA lists it as known exploited. Sources contributing to this record: cve_org, epss, vulncheck_kev. Public exploit references, when present, are outbound links only and are not proof of active exploitation. This is a catalog interpretation of stored metadata.

Exploitation and remediation

  • Exploitation evidence

    Confirmed in CISA KEV since May 16, 2026. Listed in CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV.

  • Patch and remediation

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

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Technology hubs

WordPress

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.

Affected

  • vendor welaunch wordpress_country_selectorversion unspecified

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