CVE-2022-42460: Broken Access Control vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Traffic Manager plugin <= 1.4.5 on WordPress.

medium Affects traffic-manager (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-11-10; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

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

Package: traffic-manager (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <=1.4.5
Fixed in: no fix recorded
Severity: medium CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (39.3th percentile)
Published: 2022-11-10
Source: nvd

References

CWE-264 CWE-79

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