Responsive Slick Slider WordPress <= 1.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Content Injection

2023-12-07 00:00

Abdi Pranata

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginResponsive Slick Slider WordPress

Affected Version<= 1.5

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-49852

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Vulnerability Overview

The Responsive Slick Slider WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to content injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary content.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')) The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49852 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c59f1784-da65-4e6d-b284-d65ee2196be9

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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