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2 vulnerabilities found for WP Blog and Widgets by Unknown
CVE-2022-4824 (GCVE-0-2022-4824)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-02-06 19:59 – Updated: 2025-03-26 13:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WP Blog and Widget < 2.3.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Summary
The WP Blog and Widgets WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9af8e425-c477-4e… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Blog and Widgets |
Affected:
0 , < 2.3.1
(custom)
|
Credits
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CVE-2022-4824 (GCVE-0-2022-4824)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-06 19:59 – Updated: 2025-03-26 13:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WP Blog and Widget < 2.3.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Summary
The WP Blog and Widgets WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9af8e425-c477-4e… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Blog and Widgets |
Affected:
0 , < 2.3.1
(custom)
|
Credits
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