CVE-2022-4776 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The CC Child Pages WordPress plugin before 1.43 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 0.00196.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Caterhamcomputing	Cc Child Pages

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:caterhamcomputing:cc_child_pages:*:*:*:*:*: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/d5ea8f7f-7d5a-4b2e-a070-a9aef7cac58a

History

Thu, 27 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: 2023-01-30T20:31:29.828Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T20:44:03.444Z

Reserved: 2022-12-28T04:03:39.085Z

Link: CVE-2022-4776

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.426Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:12.190

Modified: 2025-03-27T21:15:41.193

Link: CVE-2022-4776

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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