CVE-2022-41638

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• 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

0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 45.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

2022-10-21 15:31Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-28 16:07Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-09-27

Assigning CNA

Patchstack

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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

3691170b40259187ab885c7001a58c1ed9d7fc83329513e1911c598045276f96

• patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/pop-up/wordpress-pop-up-chop-chop-plugin-2-1-7-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/pop-up/