CVE-2022-4482

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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/389b71d6-b0e6-4e36-b9ca-9d8dab75bb0a	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/389b71d6-b0e6-4e36-b9ca-9d8dab75bb0a	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:techearty:carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-01-16 16:15

Updated : 2025-04-04 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4482

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4482

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4482

JSON object : View

Products Affected

techearty

carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel

CWE

No CWE.

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