Medium severity · published Feb 21, 2023
CVE-2022-4897
The BackupBuddy WordPress plugin before 8.8.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various places, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
6.1
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Backupbuddy · Ithemes
before 8.8.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4897
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4897
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b0eeafe-b9bc-43b2-8487-a23d3960f73f
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