Blog Designer – Post and Widget < 2.4.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Priority HIGH 65CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Blog Designer WordPress plugin before 2.4.1 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00627 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Blog Designer (Unknown): 2.4.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 | Blog Designer | before 2.4.1 | 2.4.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Blog Designer VendorUnknown Affected before 2.4.1 Fixed in 2.4.1 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:solwininfotech:blog_designer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.4.1 | Vulnerable | solwininfotech |
- cpe:2.3:a:solwininfotech:blog_designer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.4.1 Vulnerable ·solwininfotech
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Blog Designer (Unknown) Fixed in 2.4.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4793
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6vf9-3xhr-gc2c
- 2026-10-30 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-4793 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4793 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6vf9-3xhr-gc2c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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