CVE-2022-3985 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Videojs HTML5 Player WordPress plugin before 1.1.9 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

Published: 2022-12-19

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Videojs HTML5 Player

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.1.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wphowto:videojs_html5_player:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43314	The Videojs HTML5 Player WordPress plugin before 1.1.9 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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00181.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/58f82e13-153e-41e8-a22b-a2e96b46a6dc

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wphowto Videojs Html5 Player

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-12-19T13:41:40.864Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T14:14:29.826Z

Reserved: 2022-11-14T10:28:03.243Z

Link: CVE-2022-3985

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:54.278Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-19T14:15:11.390

Modified: 2025-04-17T15:15:46.790

Link: CVE-2022-3985

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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