Stored XSS via unescaped shortcode class attribute
Published Feb 6, 2023 · Updated Mar 25, 2025
Stored XSS in the Restaurant Menu WordPress plugin before 2.3.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through shortcode attributes. The restaurant-reservations shortcode inserts its class attribute into page markup without validation or output escaping. Contributor access and a configured GloriaFood restaurant are required; the script runs when another user visits the injected page.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in the Restaurant Menu WordPress plugin before 2.3.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through shortcode attributes. The restaurant-reservations shortcode inserts its class attribute into page markup without validation or output escaping. Contributor access and a configured GloriaFood restaurant are required; the script runs when another user visits the injected page.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4657
- Published
- Feb 6, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Oracle
- Product
- Restaurant Menu – Food Ordering System – Table Reservation
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CAPEC-592, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 6, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.3.6
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Contributor shortcode class-attribute proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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