Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-4466WordPress Infinite Scroll - Ajax Load More < 5.6.0.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in WordPress Infinite Scroll 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 NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The WordPress Infinite Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.6.0.3 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)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WordPress Infinite Scroll | 0 – before 5.6.0.3 |
Weakness: CWE-79
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/497d0bf9-b750-4293-9662-1722a74442e2 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description