CVE-2022-4699

2023-01-3021:15:11

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mediaelement.js

wordpress

plugin

cve-2022-4699

cross-site scripting

stored

security vulnerability

nvd

5.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.3%

JSON

The MediaElement.js WordPress plugin through 4.2.8 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 configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

mediaelement.js_projectmediaelement.jsRange≤4.2.8

VendorProductVersionCPE
mediaelement\.js_projectmediaelement\.js*cpe:2.3:a:mediaelement\.js_project:mediaelement\.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
mediaelement\.js_project	mediaelement\.js	*	cpe:2.3:a:mediaelement\.js_project:mediaelement\.js::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Unknown",
    "product": "MediaElement.js",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.2.8"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins"
  }
]