Jetpack CRM < 5.5 - 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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Jetpack CRM WordPress plugin before 5.5 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00573 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Jetpack CRM (Unknown): 5.5
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 | Jetpack CRM | before 5.5 | 5.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Jetpack CRM VendorUnknown Affected before 5.5 Fixed in 5.5 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack_crm:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 5.5.0 | Vulnerable | Automattic |
- cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack_crm:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.5.0 Vulnerable ·Automattic
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Jetpack CRM (Unknown) Fixed in 5.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4497
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fpfr-g8vf-4jhr
References
More Automattic Jetpack Crm vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03594 Jetpack CRM < 5.4.3 - Admin+ Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2022-03089 Jetpack CRM <= 5.3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery and PHAR Deserialization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-12161 WordPress Jetpack CRM Plugin <= 5.4.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2022-4497 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4497 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fpfr-g8vf-4jhr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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