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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.4 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
techeartycarousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel
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< 2.5.3
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= Vulnerable software versions
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/389b71d6-b0e6-4e36-b9ca-9d8dab75bb0a
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/389b71d6-b0e6-4e36-b9ca-9d8dab75bb0a