Sliding Widgets <= 1.5.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2024-33938
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published April 29, 2024
Last Updated May 7, 2024
Researcher Dimas Maulana
Description

The Sliding Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug sliding-widgets (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.0
Patched Version
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