CVE-2022-4488

The Widgets on Pages WordPress plugin before 1.8.0 does not validate and escape 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.

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

6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 51th percentile

Published

2023-02-13

Updated

2025-03-21

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e52c18a9-550a-40b1-a413-0e06e5b4aabc

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-44877
• CVE-2022-4489
• CVE-2022-44875
• CVE-2022-44897
• CVE-2022-44870
• CVE-2022-44898