Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider <= 3.17.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published August 28, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Vishnupriya Ilango
Description

The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.17.1. The patch adds extra filtering of captions using HTML Purifier where there appeared to be a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability to accounts with sufficient privileges.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ml-slider (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.17.2
Patched Version
  • 3.17.2
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