CVE-2022-4897

MEDIUM NUCLEI

BackupBuddy < 8.8.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2022-4897 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.

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

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress BackupBuddy <8.8.3 - Cross Site Scripting
MEDIUMVERIFIEDby r3Y3r53

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b0eeafe-b9bc-43b2-8487-a23d3960f73f

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0086
EPSS Percentile 53.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (1)
ithemes/backupbuddy < 8.8.3
Published Feb 21, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026