CVE-2022-43500 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting WordPress versions prior to 6.0.3, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary scripts. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Patches are available for all affected WordPress versions since 3.7.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.7.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.8, < 3.8.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.9, < 3.9.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, < 4.0.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.1, < 4.1.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.