CVE-2022-4655

Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Published Jan 16, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not validate and escapes one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51979 The Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not validate and escapes one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Welcart
Welcart welcart E-commerce
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:collne:welcart_e-commerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_e-commerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Collne
Collne welcart E-commerce
Welcart
Welcart welcart E-commerce
Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Apr 4, 2025, 6:10 PM
Reserved
Dec 22, 2022, 10:09 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 16, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:21 AM