CVE-2022-4310 | Slimstat Analytics < 4.9.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

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The Slimstat Analytics WordPress plugin before 4.9.3 does not sanitise and escape the URI when logging requests, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admin viewing the logs

Published: 2023-01-09 Last update: 2025-04-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-4310 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.84%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-4310

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-4310

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-31 2.64% 1.84% -0.80%
2 2026-01-11 1.25% 2.64% +1.40%
3 2025-11-21 1.25%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-4310

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-4310

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-4310

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wp-slimstat slimstat_analytics < 4.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:wp-slimstat:slimstat_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2022-4310

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