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CVE-2022-4973

MEDIUM
4.9CVSS
Published: 2024-10-16
Updated: 2024-10-30
AI Analysis

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 Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
low
Integrity
low
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Metadata

Primary Vendor
WORDPRESS
Published
10/16/2024
Last Modified
10/30/2024
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

wordpress : wordpress

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