CVE-2022-4460 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights WordPress plugin up to version 1.4. The flaw stems from insufficient validation and escaping of shortcode attributes, allowing low-privilege users (e.g., contributors) to inject malicious scripts. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) has a low attack complexity and could lead to compromise of high-privilege accounts, such as administrators. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets_project:codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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