CVE-2022-4749 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Posts List Designer by Category WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.2. This flaw allows authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or higher to inject malicious scripts into web pages due to insufficient validation and escaping of shortcode attributes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:infornweb:posts_list_designer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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