Vulnerability · Published Jan 23, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-4718Landing Page Builder < 1.4.9.9 - Contributor+ Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Landing Page Builder from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Landing Page Builder WordPress plugin before 1.4.9.9 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Landing Page Builder 0 – before 1.4.9.9

References