CVE-2022-4485 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Page-list WordPress plugin before 5.3 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.

Published: 2023-01-23

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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

Page-list

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:page-list_project:page-list:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51829	The Page-list WordPress plugin before 5.3 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 0.00181.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/685b068e-0727-45fb-bd8c-66bb1dc3a8e7

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Page-list Project Page-list

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-23T14:31:58.019Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T19:18:07.802Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T08:48:23.865Z

Link: CVE-2022-4485

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.576Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:14.937

Modified: 2025-04-03T20:15:18.280

Link: CVE-2022-4485

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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