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title: "CVE-2022-4973\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2022-4973

Publication date 16 October 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**4.9 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4973?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

WordPress Core, in versions up to 6.0.2, is vulnerable to Authenticated
Stored Cross-Site Scripting that can be exploited by users with access to
the WordPress post and page editor, typically consisting of Authors,
Contributors, and Editors making it possible to inject arbitrary web
scripts into posts and pages that execute if the the\_meta(); function is
called on that page.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wordpress | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Needs evaluation |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Needs evaluation |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

4.9 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 4.9 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4973)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4973)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-4973)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4973)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4973>
* <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53961 (branches/6.0)>
* <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53973 (branches/5.0)>
* <https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/>