CVE-2022-4973 (GCVE-0-2022-4973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-16 06:43
Modified
2026-04-08 17:17
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Foundation | WordPress |
Version: 0 ≤ 3.6.1 Version: 3.7 ≤ 3.7.38 Version: 3.8 ≤ 3.8.38 Version: 3.9 ≤ 3.9.36 Version: 4.0 ≤ 4.0.35 Version: 4.1 ≤ 4.1.35 Version: 4.2 ≤ 4.2.32 Version: 4.3 ≤ 4.3.28 Version: 4.4 ≤ 4.4.27 Version: 4.5 ≤ 4.5.26 Version: 4.6 ≤ 4.6.23 Version: 4.7 ≤ 4.7.23 Version: 4.8 ≤ 4.8.19 Version: 4.9 ≤ 4.9.20 Version: 5.0 ≤ 5.0.16 Version: 5.1 ≤ 5.1.13 Version: 5.2 ≤ 5.2.15 Version: 5.3 ≤ 5.3.12 Version: 5.4 ≤ 5.4.10 Version: 5.5 ≤ 5.5.9 Version: 5.6 ≤ 5.6.8 Version: 5.7 ≤ 5.7.6 Version: 5.8 ≤ 5.8.4 Version: 5.9 ≤ 5.9.3 Version: 6.0 ≤ 6.0.1 |
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| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
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