CVE-2022-4460 (GCVE-0-2022-4460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-16 15:38 – Updated: 2025-04-04 17:50
VLAI?
Title
Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights <= 1.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights WordPress plugin through 1.4 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 a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against high-privilege users such as admins.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/034c4c75-42a4-48… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.4 (custom)
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Credits
Lana Codes WPScan
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