CVE-2022-4756 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The My YouTube Channel WordPress plugin before 3.23.0 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 0.00252.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
My Youtube Channel Project	My Youtube Channel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:my_youtube_channel_project:my_youtube_channel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-52054	The My YouTube Channel WordPress plugin before 3.23.0 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d67b0f7a-fdb1-4305-9976-c5f77b0e3b61

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: 2023-02-06T19:59:14.149Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T20:44:44.644Z

Reserved: 2022-12-27T09:20:51.244Z

Link: CVE-2022-4756

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.088Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:12.177

Modified: 2025-03-25T21:15:39.260

Link: CVE-2022-4756

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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