CVE-2022-1643 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Birthdays Widget WordPress plugin up to version 1.7.18. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.8) allows high-privilege users, such as administrators, to inject malicious scripts due to insufficient sanitization of certain fields, specifically when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed. The attack requires user interaction and has a low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:birthdays_widget_project:birthdays_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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