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CVE-2022-43497: wordpress Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-43497DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43497
Published 05-12-2022Last modified 24-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-43497 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.1% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 3.7.40.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
1.26%
0%100%
Low · +0.27 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-5279-1

Timeline

  1. 05-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script. The developer also provides new patched releases for all versions since 3.7.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.27 pp

From 0.98% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.26%

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

Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress≤ 3.6.1 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 3.7, ≤ 3.7.39 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 3.8, ≤ 3.8.39 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 3.9, ≤ 3.9.37 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.0.36 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.1, ≤ 4.1.36 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.2, ≤ 4.2.33 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.3, ≤ 4.3.29 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.4, ≤ 4.4.28 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.5, ≤ 4.5.27 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.6, ≤ 4.6.24 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.7, ≤ 4.7.24 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.8, ≤ 4.8.20 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 4.9, ≤ 4.9.21 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.0, ≤ 5.0.17 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.1, ≤ 5.1.14 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.2, ≤ 5.2.16 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.3, ≤ 5.3.13 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.4, ≤ 5.4.11 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.5, ≤ 5.5.10 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.6, ≤ 5.6.9 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.7, ≤ 5.7.7 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.8, ≤ 5.8.5 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 5.9, ≤ 5.9.4 (fixed in 3.7.40) | ≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0.2 (fixed in 3.7.40)
  • wordpress< 3.7.40 | ≥ 3.8, < 3.8.40 | ≥ 3.9, < 3.9.39 | ≥ 4.0, < 4.0.37 | ≥ 4.1, < 4.1.37 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.34 | ≥ 4.3, < 4.3.30 | ≥ 4.4, < 4.4.29 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.5.28 | ≥ 4.6, < 4.6.25 | ≥ 4.7, < 4.7.25 | ≥ 4.8, < 4.8.21 | ≥ 4.9, < 4.9.22 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.18 | ≥ 5.1, < 5.1.15 | ≥ 5.2, < 5.2.17 | ≥ 5.3, < 5.3.14 | ≥ 5.4, < 5.4.12 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.5.11 | ≥ 5.6, < 5.6.10 | ≥ 5.7, < 5.7.8 | ≥ 5.8, < 5.8.6 | ≥ 5.9, < 5.9.5 | ≥ 6.0, < 6.0.3
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 6.0.3+dfsg1-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wordpress.org1 product

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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