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CVE-2022-4946
Frontend Post WordPress Plugin <= 2.8.4 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Redirect
Medium5.4EPSS 0.43%
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- WPScan
Description
The Frontend Post WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin through 2.8.4 does not validate an attribute of one of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to add a malicious shortcode to a page/post, which will redirect users to an arbitrary domain.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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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
- CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
- CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-601 and its CVEs
Affected products
Unknown · Frontend Post WordPress Plugin
- affected ≤ 2.8.4
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6e222018-a3e0-4af0-846c-6f00b67dfbc0 (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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