{"id":"CVE-2022-4756","aliases":["EUVD-2022-52054","GHSA-2w59-2xvv-57m7"],"status":"published","title":"YouTube Channel \u003c 3.23.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode","description":"The My YouTube Channel WordPress plugin before 3.23.0 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.","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":"2026-11-12","score":0.00605,"percentile":0.49455,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2023-02-06T19:59:14Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:21:45Z","products":[{"vendor":"aleksandar urošević","product":"my youtube channel"},{"vendor":"my_youtube_channel_project","product":"my_youtube_channel"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"my youtube channel"}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d67b0f7a-fdb1-4305-9976-c5f77b0e3b61","tags":["exploit","vdb-entry","technical-description","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4756"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2w59-2xvv-57m7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-4756","title":"YouTube Channel \u003c 3.23.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode","description":"The My YouTube Channel WordPress plugin before 3.23.0 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":"2023-02-06T19:59:14.149Z","modified":"2025-03-25T20:44:44.644Z","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":"adp"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:37.599536Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-52054","description":"The My YouTube Channel WordPress plugin before 3.23.0 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":"2023-02-06T19:59:14Z","modified":"2025-03-25T20:44:44Z","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"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:52:51.751114Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-2w59-2xvv-57m7","title":"The My YouTube Channel WordPress plugin before 3.23.0 does not validate and escape some of its...","description":"The My YouTube Channel WordPress plugin before 3.23.0 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":"2023-02-06T21:30:31Z","modified":"2023-02-21T05:06:19Z","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":"2026-11-02T14:54:11.906282Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-4756","description":"The My YouTube Channel WordPress plugin before 3.23.0 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":"2023-02-06T20:15:12.177Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:21:45.01Z","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":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":"secondary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:36.026349Z"}]}}