What is CVE-2022-43500?

CVE-2022-43500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-43500?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Wordpress

CVE-2022-43500

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script. The developer also provides new patched releases for all versions since 3.7.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wordpress
Wordpress.org Wordpress — versions versions prior to 6.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

vultures@jpcert.or.jp (Product)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43500?: CVE-2022-43500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-43500?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.