Description
The WP-ShowHide WordPress plugin before 1.05 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
Published: 2023-02-06
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-2022-52102 The WP-ShowHide WordPress plugin before 1.05 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
History

Tue, 25 Mar 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

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-25T20:40:01.173Z

Reserved: 2022-12-29T08:42:29.915Z

Link: CVE-2022-4825

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:44.211Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:12.367

Modified: 2025-03-25T21:15:39.400

Link: CVE-2022-4825

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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