CVE-2022-4648 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Real Testimonials WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 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 0.00162.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Shapedplugin	Real Testimonials

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:shapedplugin:real_testimonials:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51972	The Real Testimonials WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 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/9bbfb664-5b83-452b-82bb-562a1e18eb65

History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +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: 2023-01-16T15:37:39.467Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T14:56:31.137Z

Reserved: 2022-12-22T04:17:48.879Z

Link: CVE-2022-4648

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:39.663Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:13.577

Modified: 2025-04-07T15:15:41.770

Link: CVE-2022-4648

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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