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CVE-2022-4330: The WP Attachments WordPress plugin before 5.0.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

medium Affects wp-attachments (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The WP Attachments WordPress plugin before 5.0.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Package
wp-attachments (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<5.0.6
Fixed in
5.0.6
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (40.9th percentile)
Published
2023-01-16
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordwp-attachments (WordPress plugin) advisories

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