CVE-2022-2473

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 71.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-09-06 17:18Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 16:58Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-07-19

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f51463e54743b0a3a9525abfd8d3e2068248a4d055bac03ab17b0edbdd0d3559

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• youtu.behttps://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0
• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473
• www.exploit-db.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988
• packetstormsecurity.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt
• www.exploitalert.comhttps://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893
• www.exploitalert.comhttps://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912