PT-2023-14515 · Codelights · Sidebar Widgets

Lana Codes · Published 2023-01-16 · Updated 2025-04-04 · CVE-2022-4460

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights WordPress plugin versions 1.4 and earlier

Description The issue allows 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. This is due to the plugin not validating and escaping some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page.

Recommendations For versions 1.4 and earlier, update to a version that properly validates and escapes shortcode attributes to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the vulnerable shortcode attributes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4460

Affected Products

Sidebar Widgets

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/034c4c75-42a4-4884-b63f-f9d4d2d6aebc · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4460 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4460 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/56546 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117836 · Telegram Post