XSS in Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro
CVE-2022-4830
The Paid Memberships Pro WordPress plugin before 2.9.9 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)
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: 0.650 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.650 · newest: 0.650 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro
- Paid Memberships Pro — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae103336-a411-4ebf-a5f0-2f35701e364c (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4830?
- CVE-2022-4830 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-13.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4830?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4830 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.