CVE-2022-4460

Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights <= 1.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

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.

Affected

Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/034c4c75-42a4-4884-b63f-f9d4d2d6aebc

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry