FKIE_CVE-2022-4115

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-06-27 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:19
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Editorial Calendar WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing users with roles as low as contributor to inject arbitrary web scripts in the plugin admin panel, enabling a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability targeting higher privileged users.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b5071e1-9532-4a6c-9da4-d07932474ca4Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b5071e1-9532-4a6c-9da4-d07932474ca4Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
editorial_calendar_project editorial_calendar *
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          "product": "Editorial Calendar",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:19:59.570",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
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