# CVE-2022-4638: collective.contact.widget widgets.py title cross site scripting

- Also known as: GHSA-5PQF-RVM7-3WGW, PYSEC-2022-42988
- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.13, 1.12
- Published: 2022-12-21 · Updated: 2025-04-14

## Affected

- unspecified collective.contact.widget: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12
- collective-contact-widget (PyPI): fixed in 1.13
- collective-contact-widget (PyPI): fixed in 1.12

## Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in collective.contact.widget up to 1.12. This vulnerability affects the function title of the file src/collective/contact/widget/widgets.py. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 5da36305ca7ed433782be8901c47387406fcda12. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216496.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on unspecified collective.contact.widget, collective-contact-widget, upgrade to a fixed version (1.13, 1.12) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/collective/collective.contact.widget/commit/5da36305ca7ed433782be8901c47387406fcda12
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216496

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