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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2022-4473 EUVD-2022-51817GHSA-g8w3-6gm2-8f4h

Widget Shortcode <= 0.3.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Published Feb 13, 2023 · Updated Mar 21, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The Widget Shortcode WordPress plugin through 0.3.5 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Widget Shortcode ≤ 0.3.5 —

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