CVE-2022-4715: Structured Content < 1.5.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS in 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: 2023-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Structured Content WordPress plugin before 1.5.1 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

Gordon Böhme, Antonio Leutsch Structured Content (JSON-LD) #wpsc: before 1.5.1 — fixed in 1.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gordon Böhme, Antonio Leutsch Structured Content (JSON-LD) #wpsc 1.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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