CVE-2022-4787 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Themify Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 2.0.8 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Themify	Shortcodes

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themify:shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ab59972-ccfd-48f6-b879-58fb38823ca5

History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +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: 2023-01-30T20:31:44.864Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T19:37:17.171Z

Reserved: 2022-12-28T10:10:40.457Z

Link: CVE-2022-4787

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.469Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:12.333

Modified: 2025-03-27T20:15:18.343

Link: CVE-2022-4787

Redhat

No data.

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