Vulnerability in Editorial Calendar Project

CVE-2022-4115

The Editorial Calendar WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing users with roles as low as contributor to inject arbitrary web scripts in the plugin admin panel, enabling a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability targeting higher privileged users.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4115?
CVE-2022-4115 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Editorial Calendar Project, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-4115?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4115 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.