CVE-2022-4667 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The RSS Aggregator by Feedzy WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not validate and escape some of its block options 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 0.00149.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Themeisle	Rss Aggregator By Feedzy

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51991	The RSS Aggregator by Feedzy WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not validate and escape some of its block options 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/a388232b-a399-46a5-83e6-20c1b5df351d

History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-30T20:31:59.713Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T19:06:24.158Z

Reserved: 2022-12-23T03:01:27.620Z

Link: CVE-2022-4667

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:39.430Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:11.683

Modified: 2025-04-21T13:41:28.503

Link: CVE-2022-4667

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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