CVE-2022-4481 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Mesmerize Companion WordPress plugin before 1.6.135 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.

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 0.00186.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Extendthemes	Mesmerize Companion

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:extendthemes:mesmerize_companion:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9dc9d377-635d-4d4f-9916-33bcedbba6f0

History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2023-01-16T15:37:56.741Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T17:01:05.299Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T07:53:33.234Z

Link: CVE-2022-4481

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:44.704Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:12.647

Modified: 2025-04-07T17:15:35.713

Link: CVE-2022-4481

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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