CVE-2022-42460
WordPress Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.
- Record
CVE-2022-42460- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-45533
Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.
- Record
EUVD-2022-45533- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c3p8-66jq-vjx5
Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic...
Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.
- Record
GHSA-c3p8-66jq-vjx5- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.
- Record
CVE-2022-42460- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-42460 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Sedlex Traffic Manager, published November 10, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.