CVE-2022-4789 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WPZOOM Portfolio WordPress plugin before 1.2.2 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: 2023-01-23

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

WPZOOM Portfolio

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpzoom:wpzoom_portfolio:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

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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-2022-52085	The WPZOOM Portfolio WordPress plugin before 1.2.2 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.

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/5e816e9a-84e5-42d2-a7ff-e46be9072278

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

Wpzoom Wpzoom Portfolio

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-23T14:31:35.579Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T15:45:53.211Z

Reserved: 2022-12-28T10:10:48.627Z

Link: CVE-2022-4789

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.490Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:17.890

Modified: 2025-04-02T16:15:29.703

Link: CVE-2022-4789

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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