CVE-2022-4973
WordPress Core < 6.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via use of the_meta(); function
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
WordPress Foundation · WordPress
- affected ≤ 3.6.1
- affected 3.7 – ≤ 3.7.38
- affected 3.8 – ≤ 3.8.38
- affected 3.9 – ≤ 3.9.36
- affected 4.0 – ≤ 4.0.35
- affected 4.1 – ≤ 4.1.35
- affected 4.2 – ≤ 4.2.32
- affected 4.3 – ≤ 4.3.28
- affected 4.4 – ≤ 4.4.27
- affected 4.5 – ≤ 4.5.26
- affected 4.6 – ≤ 4.6.23
- affected 4.7 – ≤ 4.7.23
- affected 4.8 – ≤ 4.8.19
- affected 4.9 – ≤ 4.9.20
- affected 5.0 – ≤ 5.0.16
- affected 5.1 – ≤ 5.1.13
- affected 5.2 – ≤ 5.2.15
- affected 5.3 – ≤ 5.3.12
- affected 5.4 – ≤ 5.4.10
- affected 5.5 – ≤ 5.5.9
- affected 5.6 – ≤ 5.6.8
- affected 5.7 – ≤ 5.7.6
- affected 5.8 – ≤ 5.8.4
- affected 5.9 – ≤ 5.9.3
- affected 6.0 – ≤ 6.0.1
References
References4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5582e89-83e6-4898-b9fe-09eddeb5f7ae?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961 (opens in a new tab)
- https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-53925 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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