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CVE-2022-3469 (GCVE-0-2022-3469)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:12
VLAI
Title
WP Attachments < 5.0.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The WP Attachments WordPress plugin before 5.0.5 does not sanitize and escapes some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example, in multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:30 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WP Attachments Affected: 5.0.5 , < 5.0.5 (custom)
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Credits
Mariah Almotlag
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