PT-2023-15492 · WordPress · Video Sidebar Widgets

Lana Codes · Published 2023-02-21 · Updated 2025-03-14 · CVE-2022-4785

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 Video Sidebar Widgets WordPress plugin versions through 6.1

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of certain shortcode attributes in the plugin, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For versions through 6.1, update to a version that includes the necessary validation and escaping of shortcode attributes to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4785

Affected Products

Video Sidebar Widgets

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/61873267-9f4f-4be5-bad6-95229ad54b99 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4785 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/114852 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/58563 · Telegram Post