Vulnerability CVE-2022-4488


Published: 2023-02-13

Description:
The Widgets on Pages WordPress plugin through 1.6.0 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/e52c18a9-550a-40b1-a413-0e06e5b4aabc

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