CVE-2022-4837

The CPO Companion WordPress plugin before 1.1.0 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/41abeacb-ef3e-4621-89bb-df0f2eb617da	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/41abeacb-ef3e-4621-89bb-df0f2eb617da	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:machothemes:cpo_companion:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

27 Mar 2025, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-79

Information

Published : 2023-01-30 21:15

Updated : 2025-04-21 14:27

NVD link : CVE-2022-4837

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4837

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4837

JSON object : View

Products Affected

machothemes

cpo_companion

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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