CVE-2022-4897

The BackupBuddy WordPress plugin before 8.8.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various places, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS v3.1

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 56th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2023-02-21

Updated

2025-03-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b0eeafe-b9bc-43b2-8487-a23d3960f73f

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-4897.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-4896
• CVE-2022-49186
• CVE-2022-4891
• CVE-2022-4939
• CVE-2022-4888
• CVE-2022-4940