CVE-2022-44742 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-44742: WordPress Community Events Plugin <= 1.4.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Yannick Lefebvre

Product Community Events

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published March 23, 2023

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 vulnerability in Yannick Lefebvre Community Events plugin <= 1.4.8 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Community Events versions up to 1.4.8 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction—typically clicking a crafted link—and can affect other users viewing the site. Low confidentiality and integrity impact; no availability risk.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they view affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators can be tricked into executing scripts that compromise site security or user data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must be an authenticated administrator; victim must click a link or visit a page containing the payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 23, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44742 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-2022-44742

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 4.8 / MEDIUM

Affected versions