CVE-2022-4562

Published Feb 13, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 5.4

Overview

Description: The Meks Flexible Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 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.
Source: contact@wpscan.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.4
Impact score: 2.7
Exploitability score: 2.3
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mekshq:meks_flexible_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "58FAD868-882F-4BF1-BCE0-C093FCA7FE5F",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.3.5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References