PT-2023-15369 · WordPress · The Posts List Designer By Category

Lana Codes · Published 2023-01-30 · Updated 2025-04-21 · CVE-2022-4749

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 The Posts List Designer by Category WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.2

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of some shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. These attacks could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2, update to version 3.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the vulnerable shortcode attributes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4749

Affected Products

The Posts List Designer By Category

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8afc3b2a-81e5-4b6f-8f4c-c48492843569 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4749 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4749 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/43134 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116607 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119131 · Telegram Post