CVE-2022-4670: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

February 6, 2023 (updated November 9, 2023)

The PDF.js Viewer WordPress plugin before 2.1.8 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.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4670
wpscan.com/vulnerability/2a67c290-2a27-44fe-95ae-2d427e9d7548

Code Behaviors & Features

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