Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights <= 1.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights WordPress plugin through 1.4 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00476 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights | up to 1.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights VendorUnknown Affected up to 1.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets_project:codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 1.4 | Vulnerable | Codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets_project:codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.4 Vulnerable ·Codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4460
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vg9h-xv3p-f55q
References
More Codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets Project Codelights-shortcodes-and-widgets vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-04221 Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights <= 1.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-4460 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4460 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vg9h-xv3p-f55q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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