6.4

CVE-2022-4762: extendthemes materialis_companion Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumModified
Published 06-02-2023Last modified 25-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4762 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in extendthemes materialis_companion. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.60%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Materialis Companion WordPress plugin before 1.3.40 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.60% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Extendthemes1 product
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • materialis-companion≤ 1.3.39 (fixed in 1.3.40)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links