Vulnerability in Plugin Yourchannel
CVE-2022-4833
The YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 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.
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: 0.005 (43.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.8% 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
- Plugin Yourchannel
- Yourchannel: Everything You Want In A Youtube Plugin. — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/35ba38cf-4f23-4344-8de3-cf3004ebf84c (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4833?
- CVE-2022-4833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plugin Yourchannel, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-06.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4833?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4833 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.