Smart Slider 3 <= 3.5.1.22 - Missing Authorization to Limited File Upload

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-3027
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published April 12, 2024
Last Updated April 13, 2024
Researcher Christiaan Swiers (YouGina)
Description

The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the upload function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to upload files, including SVG files, which can be used to conduct stored cross-site scripting attacks.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug smart-slider-3 (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.1.22
Patched Version
  • 3.5.1.23
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