CVE-2022-42460 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-11-10

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SedLex

Traffic Manager (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.4.5`	affected	≤ 1.4.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sedlex:traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45533	Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00403.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/traffic-manager/wordpress-traffic-manager-plugin-1-4-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability-leading-to-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/traffic-manager/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sedlex Traffic Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-10T21:36:55.829Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:50.146Z

Reserved: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42460

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-10T22:15:15.673

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:04:57.810

Link: CVE-2022-42460

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
NVD-CWE-Other

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