CVE-2022-4470 Widgets for Google Reviews < 9.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially compromising admin accounts in Widgets for Google Reviews.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4470?
CVE-2022-4470 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Widgets for Google Reviews, published on 30 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Widgets for Google Reviews WordPress plugin before 9.8 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4470?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trustindex Widgets for Google Reviews.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4470?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-4470 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4470 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hxq3-6v3r-c86x.