PT-2023-14527 · WordPress · Wordpress Infinite Scroll

Lana Codes · Published 2023-03-13 · Updated 2025-02-27 · CVE-2022-4466

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress Infinite Scroll WordPress plugin versions prior to 5.6.0.3

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of certain shortcode attributes, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This occurs when these attributes are outputted back in a page or post where the shortcode is embedded.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.6.0.3, update to version 5.6.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcodes by users with the contributor role and above until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4466

Affected Products

Wordpress Infinite Scroll

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/497d0bf9-b750-4293-9662-1722a74442e2 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4466 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/59919 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/112655 · Telegram Post