CVE-2022-43500

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script. The developer also provides new patched releases for all versions since 3.7.

Una vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Scripting en versiones de WordPress anteriores a la 6.0.3 permite que un atacante remoto no autenticado inyecte un script arbitrario. El desarrollador también proporciona nuevas versiones parcheadas para todas las versiones desde la 3.7.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-10-22 CVE Reserved
2022-12-05 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09409909/index.html	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/download	Product

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/10/wordpress-6-0-3-security-release	2023-02-03

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				< 3.7.40 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " < 3.7.40"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 3.8 < 3.8.40 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 3.8 < 3.8.40"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 3.9 < 3.9.39 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 3.9 < 3.9.39"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.0 < 4.0.37 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.0 < 4.0.37"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.1 < 4.1.37 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.1 < 4.1.37"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.2 < 4.2.34 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.2 < 4.2.34"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.3 < 4.3.30 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.3 < 4.3.30"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.4 < 4.4.29 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.4 < 4.4.29"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.5 < 4.5.28 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.5 < 4.5.28"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.6 < 4.6.25 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.6 < 4.6.25"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.7 < 4.7.25 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.7 < 4.7.25"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.8 < 4.8.21 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.8 < 4.8.21"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 4.9 < 4.9.22 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 4.9 < 4.9.22"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.0 < 5.0.18 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.0 < 5.0.18"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.1 < 5.1.15 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.1 < 5.1.15"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.2 < 5.2.17 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.2 < 5.2.17"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.3 < 5.3.14 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.3 < 5.3.14"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.4 < 5.4.12 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.4 < 5.4.12"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.5 < 5.5.11 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.5 < 5.5.11"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.6 < 5.6.10 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.6 < 5.6.10"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.7 < 5.7.8 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.7.8"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.8 < 5.8.6 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.8 < 5.8.6"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 5.9 < 5.9.5 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 5.9 < 5.9.5"		-		Affected
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				>= 6.0 < 6.0.3 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " >= 6.0 < 6.0.3"		-		Affected