CVE-2022-4897

MEDIUMNuclei

BackupBuddy < 8.8.3 - Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2022-4897 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

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

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
1

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationPoC
AutomatableNo
Technical impactPartial

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Mar 14, 2025 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

1
ProductSourceVersion range

BackupBuddy

Default status: unaffected

CVE ListBefore 8.8.3affected

Nuclei templates

1
ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress BackupBuddy <8.8.3 - Cross Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WordPress BackupBuddy plugin before 8.8.3 contains a cross-site vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various locations. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.

Remediation

Fixed in version 8.8.3.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorsr3Y3r53
Template tagscvecve2022xssbackupbuddywordpresswp-pluginwpscanwpauthenticatedithemesvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b0eeafe-b9bc-43b2-8487-a23d3960f73f https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4897 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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