PoC Index

CVE-2022-21662

HIGH 8.0EPSS 64.5%

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 v3.1
5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3.1
8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
64.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile
Nuclei
low
Published
2022-01-06
Updated
2025-04-23

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