CVE-2022-4626

CVE-2022-4626: PPWP – WordPress Password Protect Page < 1.8.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS in Shortcode

Vendor Unknown
Product PPWP
Published February 6, 2023
Last update March 25, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

The PPWP WordPress plugin before 1.8.6 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 6, 2023 CVE published
March 25, 2025 Record updated