CVE-2022-40215 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Tabs plugin <= 3.7.1 at WordPress.

Published: 2022-09-23

Score: 3.4 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Biplob Adhikari

Tabs (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 3.7.1`	affected	≤ 3.7.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tabs_project:tabs:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 3.7.2 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43513	Multiple Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Tabs plugin <= 3.7.1 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00242.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/vc-tabs/wordpress-tabs-plugin-3-7-1-multiple-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilities/_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/vc-tabs/

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Tabs Project Tabs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-09-23T15:22:05.633Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:47.987Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40215

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.764Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T16:15:11.787

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:05.000

Link: CVE-2022-40215

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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