Medium severity · published Dec 5, 2022
CVE-2022-43497
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script
6.1
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
before 3.7.40; 3.8 before 3.8.40; 3.9 before 3.9.39; 4.0 before 4.0.37; 4.1 before 4.1.37; 4.2 before 4.2.34; +18 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43497
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43497
Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
Product
https://wordpress.org/download/
Product
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
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