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CVE-2022-42460 (GCVE-0-2022-42460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-10 21:36 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07
VLAI
Title
WordPress Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SedLex Traffic Manager (WordPress plugin) Affected: <= 1.4.5 , ≤ 1.4.5 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-10-24 00:00
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Lana Codes (Patchstack Alliance)
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