CVE-2022-4653 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Greenshift WordPress plugin before 4.8.9 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
Wpsoul	Greenshift

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpsoul:greenshift:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51977	The Greenshift WordPress plugin before 4.8.9 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/fa44ed44-9dac-4b4f-aaa3-503b76034578

History

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wpsoul Wpsoul greenshift
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:greenshiftwp:greenshift_-_animation_and_page_builder_blocks::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:wpsoul:greenshift::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Greenshiftwp Greenshiftwp greenshift - Animation And Page Builder Blocks	Wpsoul Wpsoul greenshift

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +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: 2023-01-16T15:37:45.683Z

Updated: 2025-04-08T19:44:50.763Z

Reserved: 2022-12-22T09:46:40.281Z

Link: CVE-2022-4653

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:38.872Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:13.640

Modified: 2025-06-10T11:44:28.910

Link: CVE-2022-4653

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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