CVE-2022-4753 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Print-O-Matic WordPress plugin before 2.1.8 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Print-o-matic Project	Print-o-matic

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:print-o-matic_project:print-o-matic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5d72ec1f-5379-4d8e-850c-afe8b41bb126

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-23T14:31:48.865Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T19:21:46.515Z

Reserved: 2022-12-27T09:02:10.719Z

Link: CVE-2022-4753

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.287Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:17.447

Modified: 2025-04-03T20:15:19.260

Link: CVE-2022-4753

Redhat

No data.

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