CVE-2022-4717 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 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 0.00389.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Machothemes	Strong Testimonials

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:machothemes:strong_testimonials:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/14b679f5-44a8-46d4-89dd-94eb647cb672

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +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: 2023-02-06T19:59:15.762Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T20:42:26.553Z

Reserved: 2022-12-23T20:46:11.095Z

Link: CVE-2022-4717

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.204Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:12.053

Modified: 2025-03-25T21:15:39.110

Link: CVE-2022-4717

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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