CVE-2022-45816 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GD bbPress Attachments plugin <= 4.3.1 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-12-06

Score: 4.8 Medium

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

Milan Petrovic

GD bbPress Attachments

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 4.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dev4press:gd_bbpress_attachments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 4.4 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-48670	Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GD bbPress Attachments plugin <= 4.3.1 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.00255.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/gd-bbpress-attachments/wordpress-gd-bbpress-attachments-plugin-4-3-1-auth-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

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Subscriptions

Dev4press Gd Bbpress Attachments

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-12-06T21:32:27.423Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:53.183Z

Reserved: 2022-11-23T07:45:41.513Z

Link: CVE-2022-45816

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-06T22:15:10.660

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:29:46.367

Link: CVE-2022-45816

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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