PT-2022-26948 · WordPress · Wordpress

Michael Mazzolini · Published 2022-11-15 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2022-43500

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3

Description A cross-site scripting issue allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script. The developer provides new patched releases for all versions since 3.7.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.0.3, update to version 6.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive areas of the website to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BIT-WORDPRESS-2022-43500

BIT-WORDPRESS-MULTISITE-2022-43500

CVE-2022-43500

DSA-5279-1

DSA-5279-2

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 16

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-43500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-43500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-wordpress-2022-43500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-43500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5279-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43500 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-wordpress-multisite-2022-43500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5279-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43500 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/download · Note
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/39272 · Telegram Post