CVE-2022-41980 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-41980: WordPress Mantenimiento web plugin <= 0.13 - Auth. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Carlos Doral

Product Mantenimiento web (WordPress plugin)

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published November 8, 2022

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mantenimiento web plugin <= 0.13 on WordPress.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Mantenimiento web WordPress plugin version 0.13 and earlier contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated administrator with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they view affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect the site's integrity and confidentiality.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they visit the site.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An admin account could be compromised to inject scripts affecting other users' sessions and data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Administrator-level access to the WordPress site; victim must view a page containing the injected script.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

November 8, 2022 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41980 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-41980

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 4.8 / MEDIUM

Affected versions