CVE-2022-4671 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The PixCodes WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 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.

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

PixCodes

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.3.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pixelgrade:pixcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51995	The PixCodes WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 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 0.00198.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/14c83830-3207-4f92-b8f5-afd7cc93af88

History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Pixelgrade Pixcodes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-30T20:31:58.853Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T15:28:29.746Z

Reserved: 2022-12-23T03:15:46.104Z

Link: CVE-2022-4671

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:39.499Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:11.753

Modified: 2025-03-27T16:15:17.870

Link: CVE-2022-4671

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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