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2 vulnerabilities found for Posts List Designer by Category by Unknown
CVE-2022-4749 (GCVE-0-2022-4749)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-01-30 20:31 – Updated: 2025-03-27 19:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Posts List Designer by Category < 3.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Summary
The Posts List Designer by Category WordPress plugin before 3.2 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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8afc3b2a-81e5-4b… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Posts List Designer by Category |
Affected:
0 , < 3.2
(custom)
|
Credits
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CVE-2022-4749 (GCVE-0-2022-4749)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-30 20:31 – Updated: 2025-03-27 19:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Posts List Designer by Category < 3.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Summary
The Posts List Designer by Category WordPress plugin before 3.2 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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8afc3b2a-81e5-4b… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Posts List Designer by Category |
Affected:
0 , < 3.2
(custom)
|
Credits
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