Vulnerability CVE-2022-4473


Published: 2023-02-13

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-79

(Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

 References:
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5117b2e9-75b5-459a-b22a-b0e1b0744bd3

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