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CVE-2022-4973

Published: Oct 16, 2024

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.9

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

WordPress Foundation

WordPress

affected
0 - <= 3.6.1
affected
3.7 - <= 3.7.38
affected
3.8 - <= 3.8.38
affected
3.9 - <= 3.9.36
affected
4.0 - <= 4.0.35

+20 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

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