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medium 4.7

CVE-2022-29455 json

WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.5.5 - Unauthenticated DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-33793

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
23.7%
EPSS 23.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Elementor's Elementor Website Builder plugin <= 3.5.5 versions.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

23.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template WordPress Elementor Website Builder <= 3.5.5 - DOM Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
  • rotem-bar.com https://rotem-bar.com/hacking-65-million-websites-greater-cve-2022-29455-elementor referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Elementor Elementor Website Builder (WordPress plugin)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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