WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Smart Slider 3 < 3.5.1.14 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin does not properly validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 3.5.1.14

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Erwan LR (WPScan)
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-02-28 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2023-02-28 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-02-28 (about 2 years ago)

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