Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-38460 affects the NOTICE BOARD WordPress plugin up to version 1.1. A logged-in user with contributor-level access or higher could store malicious script content that later runs when another user views it. This is not a server takeover by itself, but it can support account abuse, data exposure, or site trust damage.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority WordPress hygiene issue. Prioritize public sites, sites with many content contributors, and environments where contributor accounts are externally held or weakly controlled.
Technical view
The issue is authenticated stored cross-site scripting, classified as CWE-79, in Jitendriya Tripathy's NOTICE BOARD WordPress plugin <= 1.1. The CVSS 3.1 score is 5.4 with low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, changed scope, and limited confidentiality and integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites that installed NOTICE BOARD plugin version 1.1 or earlier. Risk is higher where contributor, author, or other low-privilege accounts are broadly assigned, shared, compromised, or granted to untrusted users.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. Exploitation requires an authenticated contributor-level or higher user and later interaction by another user with stored plugin-controlled content. No exploit details are needed to validate exposure.
Researcher notes
Evidence identifies the vulnerable product, affected version range, CWE, CVSS vector, and privilege requirement. The bundle does not identify the vulnerable field, a fixed version, exploitation in the wild, or vendor-specific remediation steps.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the NOTICE BOARD plugin and installed version.
- Check Patchstack and the WordPress plugin page for current vendor guidance.
- Update the plugin if an official fixed version is available.
- If no supported fix is available, disable or remove the plugin.
- Review contributor-level and higher accounts for least-privilege access.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether NOTICE BOARD is installed on each WordPress site.
- Verify installed plugin version is greater than 1.1 or otherwise remediated.
- Review user roles with contributor-level or higher access.
- Check whether the plugin is still required for business functionality.
- Look for unexpected script-like content in notice board entries.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.32.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/notice-board/wordpress-notice-board-plugin-1-1-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability/_s_id=cveCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/notice-board/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.