CVE-2022-4649 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Extended Search WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

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 0.00149.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp Extended Search Project	Wp Extended Search

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51973	The WP Extended Search WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d9ba176-97be-4b6b-9cf1-6c3047321a1e

History

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +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: 2023-01-30T20:31:35.961Z

Updated: 2025-03-28T14:04:17.568Z

Reserved: 2022-12-22T08:45:31.036Z

Link: CVE-2022-4649

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:39.617Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:11.357

Modified: 2025-03-28T14:15:18.420

Link: CVE-2022-4649

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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