CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-4788
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-02-27
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The Embed PDF WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Affected configurations
• embed pdf project embed pdf (<= 1.0.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2a162365-5a86-423d-b7c4-55c9b4d8b024 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2a162365-5a86-423d-b7c4-55c9b4d8b024 Exploit, Third Party Advisory