{"id":"CVE-2022-4471","aliases":["EUVD-2022-51815","GHSA-fwq8-9vrm-w64h"],"status":"published","title":"YARPP - Yet Another Related Posts Plugin \u003c 5.30.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","description":"The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 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","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00707,"percentile":0.53725,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2023-02-13T14:32:30Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:20:57Z","products":[{"vendor":"unknown","product":"yarpp"},{"vendor":"yarpp","product":"yet_another_related_posts_plugin"}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c6cf792b-054c-4d77-bcae-3b700f42130b","tags":["exploit","vdb-entry","technical-description","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4471"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fwq8-9vrm-w64h"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-4471","title":"YARPP - Yet Another Related Posts Plugin \u003c 5.30.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","description":"The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 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","status":"published","published":"2023-02-13T14:32:30.17Z","modified":"2025-03-21T19:47:47.404Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:37.932195Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-51815","description":"The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 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","status":"published","published":"2023-02-13T14:32:30Z","modified":"2025-03-21T19:47:47Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:52:55.622908Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-fwq8-9vrm-w64h","title":"The YARPP WordPress plugin through 5.30.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode...","description":"The YARPP WordPress plugin through 5.30.1 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.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-13T15:30:26Z","modified":"2023-02-23T06:30:19Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:54:13.537745Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-4471","description":"The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 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","status":"published","published":"2023-02-13T15:15:16.997Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:20:57.87Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:36.026349Z"}]}}