CVE-2022-4473

Widget Shortcode <= 0.3.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Medium · published February 13, 2023

CVSS v3.1
5.4
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Widget Shortcode WordPress plugin through 0.3.5 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00540 · 44.6th percentile
Published
2023-02-13T14:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 FEB 14:31Z
    Widget Shortcode <= 0.3.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
    cvelistv5