What is CVE-2022-4242?

CVE-2022-4242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ljapps Wp Google Review Slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-4242?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4242 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Ljapps Wp Google Review Slider

CVE-2022-4242

The WP Google Review Slider WordPress plugin before 11.6 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).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ljapps Wp_google_review_slider
Unknown Wp Google Review Slider — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4242?: CVE-2022-4242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ljapps Wp Google Review Slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-4242?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4242 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.