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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1153
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published April 11, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
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

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug LayerSlider (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.1.1
Patched Version
  • 7.1.2
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