Woo Products Widgets For Elementor < 1.0.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
CVE-2022-4661

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Widgets For WooCommerce Products On Elementor
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 March 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Widgets for WooCommerce Products on Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 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

Affected Version(s)

Widgets for WooCommerce Products on Elementor 0 < 1.0.8

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-4661 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b95956c9-40e5-47aa-86f6-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
WPScan
.