CVE-2022-2823

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider < 3.27.9 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider WordPress plugin before 3.27.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its Gallery Image parameters, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Responsive WordPress Plugin

CVSS v3.1 NVD

4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 47th percentile

Published

2022-10-10

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c88c85b3-2830-4354-99fd-af6bce6bb4ef

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry