CVE-2022-4542

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductTipsandtricks-hq Compact Wp Audio Player
PublishedJan 23, 2023
First seenJan 23, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • tipsandtricks-hq compact_wp_audio_player1.9.8 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tipsandtricks-hq compact_wp_audio_playerv < 1.9.81.9.8

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