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Vulnerability details: VCID-wafy-4qhc-guee
Vulnerability ID VCID-wafy-4qhc-guee
Aliases CVE-2022-43497
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.5
Risk 2.8
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 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
epss 0.00847 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
ssvc Track https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43497
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://wordpress.org/download/
ssvc Track https://wordpress.org/download/
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
ssvc Track https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-43497
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43497
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43500
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43504
1022575 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1022575
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-43497 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43497
download https://wordpress.org/download/
index.html https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
wordpress-6-0-3-security-release https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
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/2025-04-24T14:09:53Z/ Found at https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43497
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://wordpress.org/download/
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/2025-04-24T14:09:53Z/ Found at https://wordpress.org/download/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-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/2025-04-24T14:09:53Z/ Found at https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.73917
EPSS Score 0.00847
Published At July 31, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:50:41.610436+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/43xxx/CVE-2022-43497.json 37.0.0