Medium severity · published Jan 16, 2023
CVE-2022-4465
WP Video Lightbox < 1.9.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WP Video Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 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 admin.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WV
WP Video Lightbox ·
before 1.9.7 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4465
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4465
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28abe589-1371-4ed2-90b6-2bb96c93832c
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