PoC Index

CVE-2022-4460

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.5%

The Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights WordPress plugin through 1.4 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 a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against high-privilege users such as admins.

CVSS v3.1
5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3.1
5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 39th percentile
Published
2023-01-16
Updated
2025-04-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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