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

Description

The plugin 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.


Proof of Concept

Insert the following shortcode in a post:

[wp_show_posts id='1' settings='inner_wrapper=div+onmouseover=alert(1)']
 

Affects Plugins

codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets
No known fix - plugin closed

References

CVE
CVE-2022-4460

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Lana Codes

Submitter

Lana Codes

Submitter website
https://lana.codes/
Submitter twitter
LanaCodes
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
034c4c75-42a4-4884-b63f-f9d4d2d6aebc

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-12-21 (about 1 months ago)

Added

2022-12-21 (about 1 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-12-21 (about 1 months ago)

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