CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-4562
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-02-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 4.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
The Meks Flexible Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 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.
Affected configurations
• mekshq meks flexible shortcodes (< 1.3.5)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2013d79b-e9f6-4a5a-b421-e840a3bae063 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2013d79b-e9f6-4a5a-b421-e840a3bae063 Exploit, Third Party Advisory