Description
The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.19.3 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.
Published: 2023-01-23
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-52049 The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.19.3 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.
History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Back2nature Word Balloon
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-03T12:58:53.511Z

Reserved: 2022-12-27T08:39:26.189Z

Link: CVE-2022-4751

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.233Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:17.377

Modified: 2025-04-03T13:15:42.123

Link: CVE-2022-4751

cve-icon Redhat

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