Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium · 4.6 CVE-2022-4562 EUVD-2022-51897GHSA-rcp4-35j5-3qcc

Meks Flexible Shortcodes < 1.3.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Published Feb 13, 2023 · Updated Mar 20, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The Meks Flexible Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Meks Flexible Shortcodes < 1.3.5 1.3.5

References