CVE-2022-4754 Easy Social Box <= 4.1.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the Easy Social Box WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4754?
CVE-2022-4754 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Social Box / Page Plugin, published on 21 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Easy Social Box / Page Plugin WordPress plugin through 4.1.2 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
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4754?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Easy Social Box Project Easy Social Box.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4754?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4754 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-4754 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4754 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w5cx-mrhg-jrxj.