CVE-2022-4897

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2022-4897 · Published 21/02/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-4897 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting backupbuddy (ithemes).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.86%, higher than 58.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 8.8.3 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
backupbuddy ithemes	`< 8.8.3`	`8.8.3`

Description

The BackupBuddy WordPress plugin before 8.8.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various places, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b0eeafe-b9bc-43b2-8487-a23d3960f73f · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

backupbuddy

ithemes

< 8.8.3

8.8.3

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