What is CVE-2022-4682?

CVE-2022-4682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpgogo Lightbox-Gallery, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-4682?

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

Is CVE-2022-4682 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Wpgogo Lightbox-Gallery

CVE-2022-4682

The Lightbox Gallery WordPress plugin before 0.9.5 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 2023-02-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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 (51.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.6% 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

Wpgogo Lightbox-Gallery
Lightbox Gallery — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fc92954-20cf-4563-806e-e7a8e5ccfc72 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4682?: CVE-2022-4682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpgogo Lightbox-Gallery, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-4682?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4682 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.