CVE-2022-4465 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 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 admin.

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 0.00195.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tipsandtricks-hq	Wp Video Lightbox

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51809	The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 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 admin.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28abe589-1371-4ed2-90b6-2bb96c93832c

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:15:00 +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: 2023-01-16T15:37:40.280Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T18:12:55.224Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T03:09:01.783Z

Link: CVE-2022-4465

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.002Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:12.233

Modified: 2025-04-07T19:15:47.313

Link: CVE-2022-4465

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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