CVE-2022-4785 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Video Sidebar Widgets WordPress plugin through 6.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

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
Video Sidebar Widgets Project	Video Sidebar Widgets

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:video_sidebar_widgets_project:video_sidebar_widgets:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/61873267-9f4f-4be5-bad6-95229ad54b99

History

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +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: 2023-02-21T08:50:46.088Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T18:13:35.494Z

Reserved: 2022-12-28T10:10:23.519Z

Link: CVE-2022-4785

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.394Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:11.603

Modified: 2025-03-14T19:15:40.560

Link: CVE-2022-4785

Redhat

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