What is CVE-2022-4787?

CVE-2022-4787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Themify Shortcodes, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-4787?

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

Is CVE-2022-4787 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Themify Shortcodes

CVE-2022-4787

Themify Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 2.0.8 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-30 · 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: 0.005 (38.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.3% 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

Themify Shortcodes
Themify Shortcodes — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ab59972-ccfd-48f6-b879-58fb38823ca5 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4787?: CVE-2022-4787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Themify Shortcodes, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-4787?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4787 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.