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CVE-2022-4973

Date: October 16, 2024

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.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4973
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4973
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-4973

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-79

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

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