CVE-2022-4453: 3D FlipBook <= 1.13.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The 3D FlipBook WordPress plugin through 1.13.2 does not validate or 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 against high privilege users like administrators.

Affected products

iberezansky 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery: before 1.13.3 — fixed in 1.13.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: iberezansky 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery 1.13.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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