What is CVE-2022-2516?

CVE-2022-2516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Visualcomposer Visual Composer Website Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-2516?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2516 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Visualcomposer Visual Composer Website Builder

CVE-2022-2516

The Visual Composer Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the post/page 'Title' value in versions up to, and including, 45.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with access to the visual composer editor to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2516?: CVE-2022-2516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Visualcomposer Visual Composer Website Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-2516?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2516 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.