What is CVE-2022-4954?

CVE-2022-4954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plugin Waiting, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-4954?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4954 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Plugin Waiting

CVE-2022-4954

The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown name in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Plugin Waiting
Pluginbuilders Waiting: One-click Countdowns — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4954?: CVE-2022-4954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plugin Waiting, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-4954?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4954 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.