CVE-2022-4759: tri gigpress Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-4759 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in tri gigpress. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.3.28.
Timeline
- 13-02-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 20-03-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The GigPress WordPress plugin before 2.3.28 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
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.71%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
53%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.71% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Tri1 product
- gigpress< 2.3.28
Unknown1 product
- gigpress< 2.3.28
Wordpress1 product
- gigpress≤ 2.3.27 (fixed in 2.3.28)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/63328927-5614-4fa1-8f46-46ff0c8eb959ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory