# CVE-2022-3074: Slider Hero < 8.4.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> High-privileged users can inject malicious scripts via unescaped slider names in the Slider Hero WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4wvm-h8w2-gjm9

## What is CVE-2022-3074?

CVE-2022-3074 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background, published on 26 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Slider Hero WordPress plugin before 8.4.4 does not escape the slider Name, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3074?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Quantumcloud Slider Hero.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3074?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3074 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3074 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background

- [CVE-2021-24506](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24506/): Slider Hero < 8.2.7 - Contributor+ SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-4424](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4424/): Slider Hero <= 8.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3074 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3074 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background, published on 26 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3074 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3074/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3074/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3074
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3074
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3074

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3074/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.