Fluid Attacks Database

Description

WordPress Core, in versions up to 6.0.2, is vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting that can be exploited by users with access to the WordPress post and page editor, typically consisting of Authors, Contributors, and Editors making it possible to inject arbitrary web scripts into posts and pages that execute if the the_meta(); function is called on that page.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	wordpress	=5.7.1+dfsg1-2 \|\| =5.7.3+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 \|\| =5.7.5+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 \|\| >=0 <5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u1
debian 12	wordpress	>=0 <6.0.2+dfsg1-1	6.0.2+dfsg1-1
debian 13	wordpress	>=0 <6.0.2+dfsg1-1	6.0.2+dfsg1-1
debian 14	wordpress	>=0 <6.0.2+dfsg1-1	6.0.2+dfsg1-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2022-49732. NVD-2022-49733. OSV-DEBIAN-2022-49734. OSV-2022-49735. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2022-4973

References

1. https://vulncheck.com/cve/CVE-2022-4973

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