Description
The WP Blog and Widgets WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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: 2023-02-06
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-2022-52101 The WP Blog and Widgets WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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

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Essentialplugin Wp Blog And Widget
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-26T13:48:50.450Z

Reserved: 2022-12-29T08:42:22.879Z

Link: CVE-2022-4824

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:44.216Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:12.303

Modified: 2025-03-26T14:15:26.187

Link: CVE-2022-4824

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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