CVE-2022-4897 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ithemes	Backupbuddy

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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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'}`

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

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