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

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: 0.004 (35.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-4946: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.