# CVE-2022-4453: 3D FlipBook <= 1.13.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially compromising administrator accounts in the 3D FlipBook plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9r6q-f96q-7hq4

## What is CVE-2022-4453?

CVE-2022-4453 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown 3D FlipBook, published on 16 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The 3D FlipBook WordPress plugin through 1.13.2 does not validate or 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 against high privilege users like administrators.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4453?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 3dflipbook 3d Flipbook.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4453?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4453 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4453 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4453 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown 3D FlipBook

- [CVE-2025-5289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5289/): Cross-site scripting in 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-3883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3883/): 3D FlipBook <= 1.15.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scritping via Bookmark URL (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1081/): 3D FlipBook – PDF Flipbook WordPress <= 1.15.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Bookmarks (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-6776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6776/): 3D Flipbook <= 1.15.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting via Ready Function (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-43152](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43152/): WordPress 3D FlipBook plugin <= 1.15.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4453 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4453 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown 3D FlipBook, published on 16 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4453 exists.

Affected product: Unknown 3D FlipBook. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4453/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4453/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4453
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4453
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4453

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4453/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.