CVE-2022-4824: WP Blog and Widget < 2.3.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Essentialplugin · WP Blog and Widgets
Fixed in 2.3.1 · Affected: Essentialplugin WP Blog and Widgets before 2.3.1 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 51% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
The 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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- WP Blog and Widgetsbefore 2.3.1
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Weakness
- Cross-site Scripting
- Vendor
- Essentialplugin
- Published
- February 2023
CoverageNo articles yet
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