6.4

CVE-2022-4485: page-list_project page-list Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumModified
Published 23-01-2023Last modified 03-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4485 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in page-list_project page-list. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 5.3.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 23-01-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Page-list WordPress plugin before 5.3 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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Page-list_project1 product
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • page-list≤ 5.2 (fixed in 5.3)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links