Description
The WP Extended Search WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 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 attack.
Published: 2023-01-30
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-2022-51973 The WP Extended Search WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 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 attack.
History

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Subscriptions

Wp Extended Search Project Wp Extended Search
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-28T14:04:17.568Z

Reserved: 2022-12-22T08:45:31.036Z

Link: CVE-2022-4649

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:39.617Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:11.357

Modified: 2025-03-28T14:15:18.420

Link: CVE-2022-4649

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.