CVE-2022-4449 (GCVE-0-2022-4449)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-16 15:37 – Updated: 2025-04-07 18:12
VLAI
Title
Page Scroll To ID < 1.7.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Page scroll to id WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 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
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-07 18:11 UTC
CWE
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1605 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4895f8d-5a4c-49… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Page scroll to id Affected: 0 , < 1.7.6 (custom)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Lana Codes WPScan
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