CVE-2022-43497 — Cross-site Scripting in Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressWordpress.org Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedDec 5

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script. The developer also provides new patched releases for all versions since 3.7.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDwordpress/wordpress3.8 — 3.8.40+23
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5wordpress.org/wordpressversions prior to 6.0.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVEList
CVE-2022-43497: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6↗2022-12-05
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OSV
CVE-2022-43497: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6↗2022-12-05
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GHSA
GHSA-rvwm-8qg8-4hp8: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6↗2022-12-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2022-43497: wordpress - Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a...↗2022
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