PT-2024-11910 · WordPress · Wordpress

John Blackbourn + 1 · Published 2024-10-15 · Updated 2024-10-30 · CVE-2022-4973

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress Core versions up to 6.0.2

Description The issue allows users with access to the WordPress post and page editor, typically Authors, Contributors, and Editors, to inject arbitrary web scripts into posts and pages. These scripts execute if the the meta() function is called on that page. This can be exploited by users with access to the editor, making it possible to inject malicious scripts.

Recommendations For WordPress Core versions up to 6.0.2, update to a version later than 6.0.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the post and page editor to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, avoid using the the meta() function until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BIT-WORDPRESS-2022-4973

BIT-WORDPRESS-MULTISITE-2022-4973

CVE-2022-4973

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 17

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4973 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4973 · Security Note
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-wordpress-multisite-2022-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-wordpress-2022-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release · Note
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53973 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/100039 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1846444807603786223 · Twitter Post