CVE-2022-4491 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP-Table Reloaded WordPress plugin through 1.9.4 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a 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 0.00113.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp-table Reloaded Project	Wp-table Reloaded

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-table_reloaded_project:wp-table_reloaded:*:*:*:*:*: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/b62d8fa6-d546-4794-8f7a-c5e4a7f607dc

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +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: 2023-01-09T22:13:32.929Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T18:59:47.057Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T10:13:15.173Z

Link: CVE-2022-4491

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.144Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-09T23:15:28.427

Modified: 2025-04-09T19:15:46.247

Link: CVE-2022-4491

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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