CVE-2022-4458 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The amr shortcode any widget WordPress plugin through 4.0 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Amr Shortcode Any Widget Project	Amr Shortcode Any Widget

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:amr_shortcode_any_widget_project:amr_shortcode_any_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c85ceab3-7e79-402d-ad48-a028f1ee070c

History

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-13T14:32:11.163Z

Updated: 2025-03-21T15:45:02.123Z

Reserved: 2022-12-13T20:10:26.834Z

Link: CVE-2022-4458

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:44.608Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-13T15:15:16.903

Modified: 2025-03-21T16:15:15.060

Link: CVE-2022-4458

Redhat

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