CVE-2022-4763 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Icon Widget WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 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 contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00149.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpzoom	Icon Widget

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-52061	The Icon Widget WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 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 contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f79a87f-c994-4a1e-b455-39d7d3c5c1b5

History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-30T20:31:57.998Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T15:29:55.966Z

Reserved: 2022-12-27T10:20:40.476Z

Link: CVE-2022-4763

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.363Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:12.047

Modified: 2025-03-27T16:15:18.020

Link: CVE-2022-4763

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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