CVE-2022-4449 (GCVE-0-2022-4449)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-16 15:37 – Updated: 2025-04-07 18:12
VLAI
Title
Page Scroll To ID < 1.7.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4895f8d-5a4c-49… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Page scroll to id Affected: 0 , < 1.7.6 (custom)
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Credits
Lana Codes WPScan
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