What is CVE-2022-4946?

CVE-2022-4946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accesspressthemes Frontend Post WordPress Plugin, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-4946?

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

Is CVE-2022-4946 known to be exploited?

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

Open Redirect in Accesspressthemes Frontend Post WordPress Plugin

CVE-2022-4946

The Frontend Post WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin through 2.8.4 does not validate an attribute of one of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to add a malicious shortcode to a page/post, which will redirect users to an arbitrary domain.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th 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

Accesspressthemes Frontend_post_wordpress_plugin
Unknown Frontend Post Wordpress Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4946?: CVE-2022-4946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accesspressthemes Frontend Post WordPress Plugin, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-4946?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4946 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.