CVE-2022-4786 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Video.js WordPress plugin up to version 4.5.0. This flaw allows authenticated users with contributor roles or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages or posts due to improper validation and escaping of shortcode attributes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low privileges required, but user interaction is necessary for exploitation, leading to potential low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:video.js_project:video.js:*:*:*:*:*: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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.