CVE-2022-4776

The CC Child Pages WordPress plugin before 1.43 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.

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/d5ea8f7f-7d5a-4b2e-a070-a9aef7cac58a	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d5ea8f7f-7d5a-4b2e-a070-a9aef7cac58a	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:caterhamcomputing:cc_child_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-01-30 21:15

Updated : 2025-03-27 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4776

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4776

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4776

JSON object : View

Products Affected

caterhamcomputing

cc_child_pages

CWE

No CWE.

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