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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2022-4460 EUVD-2022-51804GHSA-vg9h-xv3p-f55q

Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights <= 1.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Published Jan 16, 2023 · Updated Apr 4, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights WordPress plugin through 1.4 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 a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against high-privilege users such as admins.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights ≤ 1.4 —

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