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TI-2022-04379 Aliases CVE-2022-4783GHSA-q8h3-76h9-h5m6

Youtube Channel Gallery <= 2.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Youtube Channel Gallery WordPress plugin through 2.4 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

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0047 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownYoutube Channel Galleryup to 2.4—No fix listedCNA
  • Youtube Channel Gallery VendorUnknown Affected up to 2.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:youtube_channel_gallery_project:youtube_channel_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 2.4VulnerableYoutube Channel Gallery Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4783
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q8h3-76h9-h5m6

References

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