CVE-2022-40672 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CPO Shortcodes plugin <= 1.5.0 at WordPress.

Published: 2022-09-23

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

WPChill

CPO Shortcodes (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.5.0`	affected	≤ 1.5.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpchill:cpo_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43943	Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CPO Shortcodes plugin <= 1.5.0 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00464.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/cpo-shortcodes/wordpress-cpo-shortcodes-plugin-1-5-0-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability/_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cpo-shortcodes/

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpchill Cpo Shortcodes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-09-23T14:38:36.966Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:48.013Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40672

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.577Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T15:15:14.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:49.357

Link: CVE-2022-40672

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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