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CVE-2022-4973

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-4973 is an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting WordPress Core versions up to 6.0.2. It allows authenticated users with post/page editing privileges (Authors, Contributors, Editors) to inject malicious scripts into posts or pages. These scripts execute when the the_meta(); function is called on the affected page, potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, <= 3.6.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.7, <= 3.7.38CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.8, <= 3.8.38CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.9, <= 3.9.36CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

core.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/53961
Patch
wordpress.org / news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release
Release Notes
wordfence.com / blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know
Third Party Advisory
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae
Third Party Advisory