What is CVE-2022-4650?

CVE-2022-4650 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hasthemes Hashbar, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-4650?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4650 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Hasthemes Hashbar

CVE-2022-4650

The HashBar WordPress plugin before 1.3.6 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.9th 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

Hasthemes Hashbar
Unknown Hashbar — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4650?: CVE-2022-4650 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hasthemes Hashbar, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-4650?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4650 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.