PT-2022-25470 · WordPress · Cpo Shortcodes

Ptsfence · Published 2022-09-23 · Updated 2022-09-26 · CVE-2022-40672

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CPO Shortcodes plugin versions prior to 1.5.0

Description The issue is related to an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This means that an attacker with admin or higher privileges can inject malicious scripts into the application, potentially leading to unauthorized actions on behalf of other users.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.0, update to version 1.5.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-40672

Affected Products

Cpo Shortcodes

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40672 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40672 · Vendor Advisory
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/cpo-shortcodes/wordpress-cpo-shortcodes-plugin-1-5-0-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability/_s_id=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/cpo-shortcodes · Note