CVE-2022-2516 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Visual Composer Website Builder plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 45.0. Authenticated attackers with access to the visual composer editor can inject malicious web scripts into post/page titles due to insufficient input sanitization. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction and could lead to limited data compromise and integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 45.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:visualcomposer:visual_composer_website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.