CVE-2022-4897 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The BackupBuddy WordPress plugin before 8.8.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various places, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Published: 2023-02-21

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 21.7% 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

BackupBuddy

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 8.8.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*: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 0.21684.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b0eeafe-b9bc-43b2-8487-a23d3960f73f

History

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Ithemes Backupbuddy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:50.848Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T13:47:04.786Z

Reserved: 2023-01-25T16:23:23.371Z

Link: CVE-2022-4897

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:46.053Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:11.827

Modified: 2025-03-14T14:15:13.110

Link: CVE-2022-4897

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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