Description
The Mesmerize Companion WordPress plugin before 1.6.135 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.
Published: 2023-01-16
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51825 The Mesmerize Companion WordPress plugin before 1.6.135 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.
History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Extendthemes Mesmerize Companion
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-07T17:01:05.299Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T07:53:33.234Z

Link: CVE-2022-4481

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:44.704Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:12.647

Modified: 2025-04-07T17:15:35.713

Link: CVE-2022-4481

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.