PT-2023-14565 · WordPress · Widgets On Pages

Lana Codes · Published 2023-02-13 · Updated 2023-07-05 · CVE-2022-4488

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Widgets on Pages WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.8.0

Description The issue concerns the failure to validate and escape shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. These attacks could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.0, update to version 1.8.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the shortcode attributes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4488

Affected Products

Widgets On Pages

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e52c18a9-550a-40b1-a413-0e06e5b4aabc · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4488 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/44261 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/53656 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/44248 · Telegram Post