CVE-2022-4763 Icon Widget < 1.3.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the Icon Widget plugin, potentially compromising admin accounts.
- 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-2022-4763?
CVE-2022-4763 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Icon Widget, published on 30 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Icon Widget WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4763?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpzoom Icon Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4763?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4763 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-2022-4763 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4763 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pf73-wv46-5h3f.