What is CVE-2022-4824?

CVE-2022-4824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Essentialplugin Wp Blog And Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-4824?

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

Is CVE-2022-4824 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Essentialplugin Wp Blog And Widget

CVE-2022-4824

The WP Blog and Widgets WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.4th 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

Essentialplugin Wp_blog_and_widget
Unknown Wp Blog And Widgets — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4824?: CVE-2022-4824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Essentialplugin Wp Blog And Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-4824?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4824 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.