CVE-2022-4488 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Widgets on Pages WordPress plugin prior to version 1.8.0. This flaw allows authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or higher to inject malicious scripts into web pages due to insufficient validation and escaping of shortcode attributes. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. Successful exploitation could target high-privilege users, such as administrators. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:widgets_on_pages_project:widgets_on_pages:*:*:*:*:*: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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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.