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CVE-2022-4946: Frontend Post WordPress Plugin <= 2.8.4 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Redirect

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-601

Description

The Frontend Post WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin through 2.8.4 does not validate an attribute of one of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to add a malicious shortcode to a page/post, which will redirect users to an arbitrary domain.

Affected products

• Frontend Post WordPress Plugin: through 2.8.4

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6e222018-a3e0-4af0-846c-6f00b67dfbc0
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6e222018-a3e0-4af0-846c-6f00b67dfbc0

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