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Vulnerability details: VCID-sszr-mn9y-kkhg
Vulnerability ID VCID-sszr-mn9y-kkhg
Aliases CVE-2022-4973
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.4
Risk 1.7
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
epss 0.01268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961
ssvc Track https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
ssvc Track https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/
ssvc Track https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve
ssvc Track https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4973
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4973
1018863 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1018863
53961 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961
b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve
wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-16T12:59:16Z/ Found at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-16T12:59:16Z/ Found at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-16T12:59:16Z/ Found at https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-16T12:59:16Z/ Found at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79428
EPSS Score 0.01268
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:36:11.316330+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0