Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2023-2289wordpress vertical image slider plugin <= 1.2.16 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Vertical Image Slider from nik00726. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The wordpress vertical image slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘search_term’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
nik00726 Vertical Image Slider 0 – through 1.2.16

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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