Editorial Calendar < 3.8.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Editorial Calendar WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing users with roles as low as contributor to inject arbitrary web scripts in the plugin admin panel, enabling a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability targeting higher privileged users.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00444 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Editorial Calendar (Unknown): 3.8.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Editorial Calendar | before 3.8.3 | 3.8.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Editorial Calendar VendorUnknown Affected before 3.8.3 Fixed in 3.8.3 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:editorial_calendar_project:editorial_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 3.7.12 | Vulnerable | Editorial Calendar Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:editorial_calendar_project:editorial_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.7.12 Vulnerable ·Editorial Calendar Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Editorial Calendar (Unknown) Fixed in 3.8.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4115
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c3jj-9wrg-44g9
References
More Editorial Calendar Project Editorial Calendar vulnerabilities
- TI-2013-06166 Editorial Calendar Plugin edcal.php edcal_filter_where sql injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-4115 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4115 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c3jj-9wrg-44g9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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