CVE-2022-1303 Slide Anything < 2.3.44 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via slider descriptions, leading to stored XSS attacks in the Slide Anything WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1303?
CVE-2022-1303 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Slide Anything – Responsive Content / HTML Slider and Carousel, published on 9 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Slide Anything WordPress plugin before 2.3.44 does not sanitize and escape sliders' description, which could allow high privilege users such as editor and above to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1303?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Slide Anything Project Slide Anything.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1303?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1303 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-1303 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1303 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cxgx-7f2w-qv3v.