CVE-2022-4449

The Page scroll to id WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4895f8d-5a4c-49cb-b144-b761ed82923d	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4895f8d-5a4c-49cb-b144-b761ed82923d	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:page_scroll_to_id_project:page_scroll_to_id:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-01-16 16:15

Updated : 2025-04-07 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4449

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4449

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4449

JSON object : View

Products Affected

page_scroll_to_id_project

page_scroll_to_id

CWE

No CWE.

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5.4 /10