CVE-2022-4787 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Themify Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 2.0.8 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:

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

Themify Shortcodes

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.0.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themify:shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-52083	Themify Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 2.0.8 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 0.00198.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ab59972-ccfd-48f6-b879-58fb38823ca5

History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Themify Shortcodes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-30T20:31:44.864Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T19:37:17.171Z

Reserved: 2022-12-28T10:10:40.457Z

Link: CVE-2022-4787

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.469Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:12.333

Modified: 2025-03-27T20:15:18.343

Link: CVE-2022-4787

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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