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CVE-2022-4777: Bootstrap Shortcodes <= 3.4.0 - 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: 2023-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Bootstrap Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 3.4.0 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

• Bootstrap Shortcodes: through 3.4.0

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4c53bef-e868-46f1-965d-720b5b9a931e
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4c53bef-e868-46f1-965d-720b5b9a931e

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