Slideshow CK <= 1.4.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-05-18 00:00

Fayçal Chena

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.4.10

Affected PluginSlideshow CK

Affected Version<= 1.4.9

CVSS5.5Medium

CVECVE-2022-1335

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Vulnerability Overview

The Slideshow CK WordPress plugin before 1.4.10 does not sanitize and escape Slide's descriptions, which could allow high-privileged users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.4.10, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1335 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b0cc3a0-5a80-4a56-abeb-13046d9eaf3f

CVSS Vector

5.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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