PT-2023-14956 · WordPress · Greenshift

Lana Codes · CVE-2022-4653 · Published 2023-01-16 · Updated 2025-06-10

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 Greenshift WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.8.9

Description The issue is related to the Greenshift WordPress plugin, which does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes. This could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.8.9, update to version 4.8.9 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the vulnerable shortcode attribute until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4653

Affected Products

Greenshift

References · 7

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa44ed44-9dac-4b4f-aaa3-503b76034578 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4653 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4653 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/42098 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118363 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125234 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/56538 · Telegram Post