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CVE-2022-4788

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
February 27, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Embed PDF WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Embed PDF — Up to and including 1.0.6
  • embed_pdf_project embed_pdf — Up to and including 1.0.6

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2a162365-5a86-423d-b7c4-55c9b4d8b024 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record