Vulnerability in Extendthemes Materialis Companion
CVE-2022-4762
The Materialis Companion WordPress plugin before 1.3.40 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 Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
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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: 0.006 (47.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Extendthemes Materialis Companion
- Materialis Companion — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/4500566a-e5f2-40b8-a185-2bcace221b4e (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4762?
- CVE-2022-4762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Extendthemes Materialis Companion, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-06.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4762?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4762 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.