CVE-2022-4751

The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.19.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

CVSS v3.1

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 39th percentile

Published

2023-01-23

Updated

2025-04-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dd5cc04a-042d-402a-ab7a-96aff3d57478

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-47501
• CVE-2022-47514
• CVE-2022-4750
• CVE-2022-4752
• CVE-2022-4749
• CVE-2022-47522