What is CVE-2022-4477?

CVE-2022-4477 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smashballoon Smash Balloon Social Post Feed, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-4477?

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

Is CVE-2022-4477 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Smashballoon Smash Balloon Social Post Feed

CVE-2022-4477

The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.1.6 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th 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

Smashballoon Smash_balloon_social_post_feed
Unknown Smash Balloon Social Post Feed — 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-2022-4477?: CVE-2022-4477 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smashballoon Smash Balloon Social Post Feed, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-4477?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4477 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.