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GHSA-MHF3-8588-HQC6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-16 09:30 – Updated: 2024-10-16 09:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

4.9 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2022-4973 (GCVE-0-2022-4973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-16 06:43 – Updated: 2024-10-16 12:59

Summary

Severity ?

4.9 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961
	https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-…
	https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	WordPress Foundation	WordPress	Affected: * , ≤ 3.6.1 (semver) Affected: 3.7 , ≤ 3.7.38 (semver) Affected: 3.8 , ≤ 3.8.38 (semver) Affected: 3.9 , ≤ 3.9.36 (semver) Affected: 4.0 , ≤ 4.0.35 (semver) Affected: 4.1 , ≤ 4.1.35 (semver) Affected: 4.2 , ≤ 4.2.32 (semver) Affected: 4.3 , ≤ 4.3.28 (semver) Affected: 4.4 , ≤ 4.4.27 (semver) Affected: 4.5 , ≤ 4.5.26 (semver) Affected: 4.6 , ≤ 4.6.23 (semver) Affected: 4.7 , ≤ 4.7.23 (semver) Affected: 4.8 , ≤ 4.8.19 (semver) Affected: 4.9 , ≤ 4.9.20 (semver) Affected: 5.0 , ≤ 5.0.16 (semver) Affected: 5.1 , ≤ 5.1.13 (semver) Affected: 5.2 , ≤ 5.2.15 (semver) Affected: 5.3 , ≤ 5.3.12 (semver) Affected: 5.4 , ≤ 5.4.10 (semver) Affected: 5.5 , ≤ 5.5.9 (semver) Affected: 5.6 , ≤ 5.6.8 (semver) Affected: 5.7 , ≤ 5.7.6 (semver) Affected: 5.8 , ≤ 5.8.4 (semver) Affected: 5.9 , ≤ 5.9.3 (semver) Affected: 6.0 , ≤ 6.0.1 (semver)

Credits

John Blackbourn

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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