What is CVE-2023-4022?

CVE-2023-4022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wow-company Herd_effects, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-4022?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4022 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Wow-company Herd_effects

CVE-2023-4022

The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability…

EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wow-company Herd_effects
Unknown Herd Effects — versions 0

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-2023-4022?: CVE-2023-4022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wow-company Herd_effects, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-4022?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4022 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.