Vulnerability Details : CVE-2022-21662

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Low-privileged authenticated users (like author) in WordPress core are able to execute JavaScript/perform stored XSS attack, which can affect high-privileged users. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.8.3. Older affected versions are also fixed via security release, that go back till 3.7.37. We strongly recommend that you keep auto-updates enabled. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Published 2022-01-06 23:15:08
Updated 2022-04-12 18:48:50
Source GitHub, Inc.
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Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Products affected by CVE-2022-21662

Threat overview for CVE-2022-21662

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2022-21662 15
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-21662

EPSS FAQ
0.36%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 69 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2022-21662

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
3.5
 LOW AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.8
2.9
 NIST
5.4
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.3
2.7
 NIST
8.0
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.3
6.0
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CWE ids for CVE-2022-21662

References for CVE-2022-21662

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