What is CVE-2022-1153?

CVE-2022-1153 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kreaturamedia Layerslider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-1153?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-1153 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Kreaturamedia Layerslider

CVE-2022-1153

The LayerSlider WordPress plugin before 7.1.2 does not sanitise and escape Project's slug before outputting it back in various place, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.026 (84.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Kreaturamedia Layerslider
Unknown Layerslider — versions 7.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1153?: CVE-2022-1153 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kreaturamedia Layerslider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-1153?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1153 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.