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3 vulnerabilities found for meks_flexible_shortcodes by mekshq
FKIE_CVE-2022-4562
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-02-13 15:15 - Updated: 2025-03-20 21:15
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Meks Flexible Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 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.
References
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| contact@wpscan.com | https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2013d79b-e9f6-4a5a-b421-e840a3bae063 | Exploit, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2013d79b-e9f6-4a5a-b421-e840a3bae063 | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mekshq | meks_flexible_shortcodes | * |
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CVE-2022-4562 (GCVE-0-2022-4562)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-13 14:32 – Updated: 2025-03-20 20:44
VLAI?
Title
Meks Flexible Shortcodes < 1.3.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Meks Flexible Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 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.
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium)
Assigner
References
| URL | Tags | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meks Flexible Shortcodes |
Affected:
0 , < 1.3.5
(custom)
|
Credits
Lana Codes
WPScan
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CVE-2022-4562 (GCVE-0-2022-4562)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-02-13 14:32 – Updated: 2025-03-20 20:44
VLAI?
Title
Meks Flexible Shortcodes < 1.3.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Meks Flexible Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 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.
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium)
Assigner
References
| URL | Tags | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meks Flexible Shortcodes |
Affected:
0 , < 1.3.5
(custom)
|
Credits
Lana Codes
WPScan
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