CVE-2022-4824

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

T

he WP Blog and Widgets WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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.

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9af8e425-c477-4e2b-9445-70ffb769f3f0	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9af8e425-c477-4e2b-9445-70ffb769f3f0	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:essentialplugin:wp_blog_and_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9af8e425-c477-4e2b-9445-70ffb769f3f0 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9af8e425-c477-4e2b-9445-70ffb769f3f0 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2023-02-06 20:15

Updated : 2025-03-26 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4824

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4824

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4824

JSON object : View

Products Affected

essentialplugin

wp_blog_and_widget

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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