Portfolio for Elementor, Image Gallery & Post Grid | PowerFolio < 2.3.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Portfolio for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00534 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Portfolio for Elementor, Image Gallery & Post Grid | PowerFolio (Unknown): 2.3.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Portfolio for Elementor, Image Gallery & Post Grid | PowerFolio | before 2.3.1 | 2.3.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Portfolio for Elementor, Image Gallery & Post Grid | PowerFolio VendorUnknown Affected before 2.3.1 Fixed in 2.3.1 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pwrplugins:portfolio_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.3.1 | Vulnerable | PWR Plugins |
- cpe:2.3:a:pwrplugins:portfolio_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.3.1 Vulnerable ·PWR Plugins
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Portfolio for Elementor, Image Gallery & Post Grid | PowerFolio (Unknown) Fixed in 2.3.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4765
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vqvx-fwpp-mcrr
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-4765 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4765 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vqvx-fwpp-mcrr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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