Paid Memberships Pro < 2.9.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
CVE-2022-4830

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Paid Memberships Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 February 2023

What is CVE-2022-4830?

The Paid Memberships Pro WordPress plugin before 2.9.9 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 Version(s)

Paid Memberships Pro 0 < 2.9.9

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae103336-a411-4ebf-a5f0-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

EPSS Score

18% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
WPScan
.