Description
The Content Control WordPress plugin before 1.1.10 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
Published: 2023-01-23
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-2022-51850 The Content Control WordPress plugin before 1.1.10 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Subscriptions

Code-atlantic Content Control
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-02T15:12:13.699Z

Reserved: 2022-12-15T07:50:12.092Z

Link: CVE-2022-4509

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.020Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:15.003

Modified: 2025-04-02T16:15:25.373

Link: CVE-2022-4509

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.