LayerSlider <= 7.1.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

5.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1153
CVSS 5.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 11, 2022
Last Updated July 8, 2022
Researcher Taurus Omar

Description

The LayerSlider WordPress plugin before 7.1.2 does not sanitise and escape Project's slug before outputting it back in various place, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

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Vulnerability Details for LayerSlider

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug LayerSlider
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 7.1.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 7.1.1
Patched Version
  • 7.1.2

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