Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2023· Updated Mar 27, 2025
Posts List Designer by Category < 3.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
CVE-2022-4749
Description
The Posts List Designer by Category WordPress plugin before 3.2 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.
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Affected products
2<3.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <3.2
- (no CPE)range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/8afc3b2a-81e5-4b6f-8f4c-c48492843569mitreexploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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