Description
The PPWP WordPress plugin before 1.8.6 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: 2023-02-06
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51956 The PPWP WordPress plugin before 1.8.6 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.
History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Passwordprotectwp Password Protect Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-25T17:37:26.363Z

Reserved: 2022-12-21T09:36:47.015Z

Link: CVE-2022-4626

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.374Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:11.597

Modified: 2025-03-25T18:15:29.520

Link: CVE-2022-4626

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