CVE-2022-3987 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Responsive Lightbox2 WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 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 0.00138.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Noorsplugin	Responsive Lightbox2

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43316	The Responsive Lightbox2 WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 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

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d9309a09-34ba-4e56-b683-e677ad277b29

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-12-19T13:41:47.729Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T13:41:59.141Z

Reserved: 2022-11-14T10:32:59.230Z

Link: CVE-2022-3987

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:54.167Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-19T14:15:11.670

Modified: 2025-04-17T14:15:20.927

Link: CVE-2022-3987

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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