CVE-2022-4362 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Popup Maker WordPress plugin before 1.16.9 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 attacks

Published: 2023-01-02

Score: 5.4 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

Unknown

Popup Maker

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.16.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:code-atlantic:popup_maker:*:*:*:*:*: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-2022-51712	The Popup Maker WordPress plugin before 1.16.9 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 attacks

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00403.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2660225a-e4c8-40f2-8c98-775ef2301212

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Code-atlantic Popup Maker

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-02T21:49:24.966Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T15:03:53.813Z

Reserved: 2022-12-08T11:20:28.234Z

Link: CVE-2022-4362

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:50.159Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-02T22:15:17.677

Modified: 2025-04-10T15:16:01.047

Link: CVE-2022-4362

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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