CVE-2022-44736 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-44736: WordPress Chameleon plugin <= 1.4.3 - Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Fahad Mahmood

Product Chameleon (WordPress plugin)

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published November 17, 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+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Chameleon plugin <= 1.4.3 on WordPress.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Chameleon WordPress plugin through version 1.4.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated admin user with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they view affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data.

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

A compromised admin account can inject scripts affecting other users' sessions and data without their knowledge.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have admin-level WordPress access and the victim must visit a page containing the injected script.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

November 17, 2022 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44736 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-2022-44736

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 4.8 / MEDIUM

Affected versions