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)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

audit@patchstack.com (Third Party Advisory)
audit@patchstack.com (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.