Vulnerability · Published Jan 16, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-4477Smash Balloon Social Post Feed < 4.1.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed 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 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.1.6 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Smash Balloon Social Post Feed | 0 – before 4.1.6 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c32a4c58-9f2b-4afa-9a21-4b4a5c4c4c41 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description