CVE-2022-4658 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The RSSImport WordPress plugin through 4.6.1 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: 2023-01-16

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

RSSImport

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 4.6.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rssimport_project:rssimport:*:*:*:*:*: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-2022-51982	The RSSImport WordPress plugin through 4.6.1 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.

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 0.00181.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c7a17eb9-2811-45ba-bab3-f53b2fa7d051

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Rssimport Project Rssimport

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-16T15:37:52.771Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T20:38:52.466Z

Reserved: 2022-12-22T11:40:15.745Z

Link: CVE-2022-4658

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.085Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:13.783

Modified: 2025-04-04T21:15:42.457

Link: CVE-2022-4658

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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