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.
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: 0.005 (40.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Smashballoon Smash Balloon Social Post Feed
- Smash Balloon Social Post Feed — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/c32a4c58-9f2b-4afa-9a21-4b4a5c4c4c41 (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.