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CVE-2022-4829: Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand < 1.3.0 - 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: 2023-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 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

• Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand: through 1.2.5

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/57e528ce-ec8c-4734-8903-926be36f91e7
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/57e528ce-ec8c-4734-8903-926be36f91e7

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