CVE-2022-4320 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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).

Published: 2023-01-16

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 14.3% Moderate

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

Unknown

WordPress Events Calendar Plugin

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.4.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mhsoftware:wordpress_events_calendar_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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.

The EPSS score is 0.14323.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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'}`

Subscriptions

Mhsoftware Wordpress Events Calendar Plugin

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

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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