CVE-2022-4837

CPO Companion < 1.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

The CPO Companion WordPress plugin before 1.1.0 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.

Affected

CPO Companion

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 44th percentile

Published

2023-01-30

Updated

2025-03-27

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/41abeacb-ef3e-4621-89bb-df0f2eb617da

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry