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)
EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Birthdays_widget_project Birthdays_widget
- Unknown Birthdays Widget — versions 1.7.18
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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.