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CVE-2022-4785: Download Video Sidebar Widgets <= 6.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Video Sidebar Widgets WordPress plugin through 6.1 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 products

• Video Sidebar Widgets: through 6.1

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/61873267-9f4f-4be5-bad6-95229ad54b99
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/61873267-9f4f-4be5-bad6-95229ad54b99

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