CVE-2022-4783: Youtube Channel Gallery <= 2.4 - 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: 2023-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Youtube Channel Gallery WordPress plugin through 2.4 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

Youtube Channel Gallery: through 2.4

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/38e4c7fe-94d5-48b9-8659-e114cbbb4252
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/38e4c7fe-94d5-48b9-8659-e114cbbb4252

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