CVE-2022-4477

The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.1.6 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c32a4c58-9f2b-4afa-9a21-4b4a5c4c4c41	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c32a4c58-9f2b-4afa-9a21-4b4a5c4c4c41	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:smashballoon:smash_balloon_social_post_feed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-01-16 16:15

Updated : 2025-04-04 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4477

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4477

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4477

JSON object : View

Products Affected

smashballoon

smash_balloon_social_post_feed

CWE

No CWE.

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