Vulnerability · Published Feb 13, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-4471YARPP - Yet Another Related Posts Plugin < 5.30.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 6.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in YARPP from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c6cf792b-054c-4d77-bcae-3b700f42130b exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description