Mesmerize Companion <= 1.6.133 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-4481
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published December 20, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The Mesmerize Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.6.133 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mesmerize-companion (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.133
Patched Version
  • 1.6.135
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