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CVE-2022-4652: Video Background < 2.7.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

• 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: 2023-03-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Video Background WordPress plugin before 2.7.5 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

Affected products

• Video Background: before 2.7.5 — fixed in 2.7.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Video Background 2.7.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ebf3df99-6939-4ae9-ad55-004f33c1cfbc
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ebf3df99-6939-4ae9-ad55-004f33c1cfbc

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