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    1 vulnerability by simple_sitemap_project

    CVE-2022-4472 (GCVE-0-2022-4472)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-30 20:31 – Updated: 2025-03-28 14:05
    VLAI
    Title
    Simple Sitemap < 3.5.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
    Summary
    The Simple Sitemap WordPress plugin before 3.5.8 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.
    Severity
    5.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    Assigner
    References
    URL Tags
    https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b685a12-2ca3-42… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    Unknown Simple Sitemap Affected: 0 , < 3.5.8 (custom)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Lana Codes WPScan
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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