WF-f5292c55-6445-4aec-b06e-6e625794d842-ml-slider

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider <= 3.17.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.4

CVSS Score

6.4

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.17.2

Patched in

1243d

Time to patch

Description

The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.17.1. The patch adds extra filtering of captions using HTML Purifier where there appeared to be a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability to accounts with sufficient privileges.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.17.2

PublishedAugust 28, 2020

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginml-slider

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5292c55-6445-4aec-b06e-6e625794d842?source=api-prod

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