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1 vulnerability by metricool
CVE-2022-4299 (GCVE-0-2022-4299)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 ā Published: 2023-01-16 15:38 ā Updated: 2025-04-04 20:25
VLAI
Title
Metricool < 1.18 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Metricool WordPress plugin before 1.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/169c5611-ed10-4c⦠| exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Credits
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