Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-4475

CVE-2022-4475:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Collapse-O-Matic WordPress plugin before version 1.8.3 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered in December 2022 and was assigned CVE-2022-4475. The affected software is the Collapse-O-Matic WordPress plugin, specifically versions prior to 1.8.3 (WPScan, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists because the plugin does not properly validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Cross-Site Scripting (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. These attacks could be used against high privilege users such as administrators, potentially leading to unauthorized actions being performed in their context (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.8.3 of the Collapse-O-Matic plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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