Vulnerability Details : CVE-2022-4542
Potential exploit
The Compact WP Audio Player WordPress plugin before 1.9.8 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.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2022-4542
- cpe:2.3:a:tipsandtricks-hq:compact_wp_audio_player:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-4542
0.11%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 27 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2022-4542
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.8
|
2.5
|
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 2025-04-03 |
|
5.4
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
|
2.7
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2022-4542
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0bef96f-dfe2-4988-adf8-e1bd493c5242
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