What is CVE-2022-4676?

CVE-2022-4676 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstreetmap, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-4676?

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

Is CVE-2022-4676 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Openstreetmap

CVE-2022-4676

The OSM WordPress plugin through 6.01 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Published 2023-05-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.3% 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

Openstreetmap
Osm — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/1df3c17c-990d-4074-b1d5-b26da880d88e (Exploit, technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4676?: CVE-2022-4676 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstreetmap, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-4676?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4676 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.