Vulnerability in Cpt Bootstrap Carousel Project
CVE-2022-4834
The CPT Bootstrap Carousel WordPress plugin through 1.12 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.
EPSS: 0.005 (42.5th 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
- Cpt_bootstrap_carousel_project Cpt_bootstrap_carousel
- Unknown Cpt Bootstrap Carousel — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4834?
- CVE-2022-4834 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpt Bootstrap Carousel Project, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-30.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4834?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4834 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.