WordPress Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

published 2022-11-10 3y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-45533

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.

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Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

SedLex Traffic Manager (WordPress plugin)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/traffic-manager/wordpress-traffic-manager-plugin-1-4-5-broken-access-control-vulnerabi
third-party-advisory
wordpress.org /plugins/traffic-manager/
product, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-42460
NVD CVE-2022-42460

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