CVE-2022-4545 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Sitemap WordPress plugin before 4.4 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 0.00137.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sitemap Project	Sitemap

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sitemap_project:sitemap:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51880	The Sitemap WordPress plugin before 4.4 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/19f482cb-fcfd-43e6-9a04-143e06351a70

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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-23T14:31:42.271Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T19:22:20.281Z

Reserved: 2022-12-16T07:38:28.693Z

Link: CVE-2022-4545

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.634Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:15.137

Modified: 2025-04-03T20:15:18.597

Link: CVE-2022-4545

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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