XSS in Slide Anything Project
CVE-2022-1303
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
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.006 (45.3th 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
- Slide_anything_project Slide_anything
- Unknown Slide Anything – Responsive Content / Html Slider And Carousel — versions 2.3.44
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-1303?
- CVE-2022-1303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Slide Anything Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-09.
- How severe is CVE-2022-1303?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-1303 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.