XSS in Birthdays Widget Project
CVE-2022-1643
The Birthdays Widget WordPress plugin through 1.7.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its fields, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Birthdays Widget Project
- Birthdays Widget — versions 1.7.18
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/73111c7e-c772-4bed-b282-854c1ae57444 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-1643?
- CVE-2022-1643 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Birthdays Widget Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-30.
- How severe is CVE-2022-1643?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-1643 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.