CVE-2022-4497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Jetpack CRM WordPress plugin before 5.5 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 0.0019.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Automattic	Jetpack Crm

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack_crm:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51838	The Jetpack CRM WordPress plugin before 5.5 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

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3fa6c8b3-6b81-4fe3-b997-25c9e5fdec86

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +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: 2023-01-09T22:13:36.385Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T19:20:34.757Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T17:51:54.484Z

Link: CVE-2022-4497

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.003Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-09T23:15:28.537

Modified: 2025-04-09T20:15:24.373

Link: CVE-2022-4497

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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