CVE-2022-4562
Published: 13 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-4562 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Mekshq Meks Flexible Shortcodes. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 46.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-51897
Vulnerability details
The Meks Flexible Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 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…
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Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.