CVE-2022-4320 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WordPress Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 1.4.5 does not sanitize and escapes a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against both unauthenticated and authenticated users (such as high-privilege ones like admin).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mhsoftware	Wordpress Events Calendar Plugin

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f1244c57-d886-4a6e-8cdb-18404e8c153c

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-16T15:37:53.536Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T18:15:02.876Z

Reserved: 2022-12-07T03:39:46.620Z

Link: CVE-2022-4320

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:50.061Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:11.430

Modified: 2025-04-04T19:15:42.950

Link: CVE-2022-4320

Redhat

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