CVE-2022-4973 — Cross-site Scripting in Foundation Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.4MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.9VulnCheck4.9
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressWordpress Foundation Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedOct 16

Description

WordPress Core, in versions up to 6.0.2, is vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting that can be exploited by users with access to the WordPress post and page editor, typically consisting of Authors, Contributors, and Editors making it possible to inject arbitrary web scripts into posts and pages that execute if the the_meta(); function is called on that page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.3 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5wordpress_foundation/wordpress3.7 — 3.7.38+24

Patches

Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-mhf3-8588-hqc6: WordPress Core, in versions up to 6↗2024-10-16
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CVEList
WordPress Core < 6.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via use of the_meta(); function↗2024-10-16
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OSV
CVE-2022-4973: WordPress Core, in versions up to 6↗2024-10-16
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VulnCheck
WordPress Core the_meta Function Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability↗2022
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2022-4973: wordpress - WordPress Core, in versions up to 6.0.2, is vulnerable to Authenticated Stored C...↗2022
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