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CVE-2022-4471 — YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin [yet-another-related-posts-plugin] < 5.30.3 (closed)

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2022-4471 YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin [yet-another-related-posts-plugin] < 5.30.3 (closed) Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 5.4 < 5.30.3 5.30.3 2023-01-19

CVE-2022-4471

The YARPP plugin contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in its shortcode implementation affecting versions up to 5.30.2, caused by inadequate sanitization and escaping of user-supplied shortcode attributes. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw to inject malicious scripts that execute when site visitors view pages containing the compromised shortcode. An additional vulnerable shortcode attribute called template was discovered in the same affected versions and remedied in version 5.30.3.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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