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CVE-2022-4488

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
February 13, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Widgets on Pages — Before 1.8.0
  • widgets_on_pages_project widgets_on_pages — Up to and including 1.6.0

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e52c18a9-550a-40b1-a413-0e06e5b4aabc Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record