What is CVE-2022-4451?

CVE-2022-4451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Heateor Sassy_social_share, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-4451?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4451 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Heateor Sassy_social_share

CVE-2022-4451

The Social Sharing WordPress plugin before 3.3.45 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…

EPSS: 0.005 (37.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Heateor Sassy_social_share
Unknown Social Sharing Plugin — versions 0

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-2022-4451?: CVE-2022-4451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Heateor Sassy_social_share, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-4451?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4451 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.