Description
The Widgets on Pages WordPress plugin before 1.8.0 does not validate and escape its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
Published: 2023-02-13
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51832 The Widgets on Pages WordPress plugin before 1.8.0 does not validate and escape its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
History

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Subscriptions

Widgets On Pages Project Widgets On Pages
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-21T19:46:57.252Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T09:08:38.596Z

Link: CVE-2022-4488

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.024Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-13T15:15:17.207

Modified: 2025-03-21T20:15:13.943

Link: CVE-2022-4488

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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