Frontend Post WordPress Plugin up to 2.8.4 on WordPress Shortcode Attribute redirect

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Frontend Post WordPress Plugin up to 2.8.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Shortcode Attribute Handler. Such manipulation leads to redirect. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-4946. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Frontend Post WordPress Plugin up to 2.8.4 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Shortcode Attribute Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 06/05/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-4946 since 05/11/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1204.001.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Redirect
CWE: CWE-601
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04/25/2025 +690 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-4946 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-4946
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230696

Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2023 17:52
Updated: 04/25/2025 21:11
Changes: 06/05/2023 17:52 (38), 06/30/2023 08:48 (11), 01/08/2025 19:51 (25), 04/25/2025 21:11 (3)
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