CVE-2022-4649 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2023-01-30

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP Extended Search

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.1.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_extended_search_project:wp_extended_search:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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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.

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 0.00198.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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'}`

Subscriptions

Wp Extended Search Project Wp Extended Search

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

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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