CVE-2022-4485: Page-list < 5.3 - 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: 2023-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Page-list WordPress plugin before 5.3 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.

Affected products

Page-list: before 5.3 — fixed in 5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Page-list 5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/685b068e-0727-45fb-bd8c-66bb1dc3a8e7
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/685b068e-0727-45fb-bd8c-66bb1dc3a8e7

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