What is CVE-2024-4422?

CVE-2024-4422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Comparisonslider Comparison Slider, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-4422?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Comparisonslider Comparison Slider

CVE-2024-4422

The Comparison Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the slider title parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (16.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Comparisonslider Comparison Slider — versions 0
Comparisonslider Comparison_slider

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4422?: CVE-2024-4422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Comparisonslider Comparison Slider, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-4422?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.