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CVE-2022-4788

Embed PDF <= 1.0.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Medium5.4Public exploitEPSS 0.49%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
WPScan

Description

The Embed PDF WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Public exploit

A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By WPScan

  2. · 2 months later

    Published

  3. · 2 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-4788, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

Affected products

References (1)

Sources

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