CVE-2022-4483 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Insert Pages WordPress plugin before 3.7.5 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.

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 0.00144.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Insert Pages Project	Insert Pages

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:insert_pages_project:insert_pages:*:*:*:*:*: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/a1786400-dc62-489c-b986-ba17c9833179

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +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: 2023-01-16T15:38:03.732Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T17:49:21.106Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T08:18:21.886Z

Link: CVE-2022-4483

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.237Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:12.817

Modified: 2025-04-04T18:15:45.227

Link: CVE-2022-4483

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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