Vulnerability in Yarpp Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
CVE-2022-4471
The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Yarpp Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
- Yarpp — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/c6cf792b-054c-4d77-bcae-3b700f42130b (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4471?
- CVE-2022-4471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yarpp Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-13.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4471?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4471 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.