CVE-2022-4464: Themify Portfolio Post < 1.2.1 - 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

Description

Themify Portfolio Post WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against high privileged users such as admin.

Affected products

Themify Portfolio Post: before 1.2.1 — fixed in 1.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Themify Portfolio Post 1.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d3636c1-976f-4c84-8cca-413e38170d0c
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d3636c1-976f-4c84-8cca-413e38170d0c

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