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CVE-2022-21662: debian debian_linux Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 8.0v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21662DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21662
Published 06-01-2022Last modified 23-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-21662 is a high (CVSS 8.0) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 64.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
45/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.0/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
64.53%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DLA-2884-1DSA-5039-1

Timeline

  1. 06-01-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

64.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 64.53% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
64.53%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress3 products
  • wordpress≥ 3.7, < 3.7.37 | ≥ 3.8, < 3.8.37 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 3.9, < 3.9.35 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.0, < 4.0.34 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.1, < 4.1.34 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.31 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.3, < 4.3.27 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.4, < 4.4.26 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.5, < 4.5.25 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.6, < 4.6.22 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.7, < 4.7.22 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.8, < 4.8.18 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 4.9, < 4.9.19 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.15 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.1, < 5.1.12 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.2, < 5.2.14 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.3, < 5.3.11 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.4, < 5.4.9 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.5, < 5.5.8 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.6, < 5.6.7 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.7, < 5.7.5 (fixed in 3.7.37) | ≥ 5.8, < 5.8.3 (fixed in 3.7.37)
  • wordpress< 5.8.3
  • wordpress-develop< 5.8.3
Debian2 products
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 6 products

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