What is CVE-2022-42460?

CVE-2022-42460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sedlex Traffic Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-42460?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-42460 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Sedlex Traffic Manager

CVE-2022-42460

Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Sedlex Traffic Manager
Sedlex Traffic Manager (WordPress Plugin) — versions <= 1.4.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/traffic-manager/wordpress-traffic-manager… (Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/plugins/traffic-manager/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42460?: CVE-2022-42460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sedlex Traffic Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-42460?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-42460 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.