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CVE-2022-4824

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
February 6, 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 WP Blog and Widgets WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown WP Blog and Widgets — Before 2.3.1
  • essentialplugin wp_blog_and_widget — Before 2.3.1

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9af8e425-c477-4e2b-9445-70ffb769f3f0 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record