WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Video Slider - Slider Carousel < 1.4.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitize or escape some of its video settings, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Create/edit a video from a slider and put the following payload in the Description: <img src=x onerror=alert(/XSS/)>, then save/update the video (via the button below the Description textarea) and save/update the Slider (top right button) The XSS will be triggered in post/page where the Slider is embed
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.4.8 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Fayçal CHENA
Submitter
Fayçal CHENA
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-05-16 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-05-16 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-05-17 (about 1 years ago)
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