CVE-2022-4482 Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel < 2.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

2023-01-1615:37:58

WPScan

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cve-2022-4482

wordpress plugin

stored xss

contributor role

cross-site scripting

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

25.4%

JSON

The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Unknown",
    "product": "Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "2.5.3"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins"
  }
]

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/389b71d6-b0e6-4e36-b9ca-9d8dab75bb0a

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

25.4%

JSON

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