CVE-2022-45847 | WordPress Countdown Widget plugin <= 3.1.9.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WPAssist.Me WordPress Countdown Widget allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects WordPress Countdown Widget: from n/a through 3.1.9.1.

Published: 2024-03-27 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-45847 is rated Low Risk (38.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-45847

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 2025-11-21 0.08% 0.18% +0.10%
2 2025-11-18 0.18% 0.08% -0.10%
3 2025-08-16 — 0.18% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-45847

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 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-45847

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-45847

GHSA-4h95-jh72-ww7w · Severity: medium — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WPAssist.Me WordPress Countdown Widget allows...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-45847

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wpassist countdown_widget <= 3.1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:wpassist:countdown_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2022-45847

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