Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
Responsive WordPress Slider <= 2.2.0 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2021-24544
Description
The Responsive WordPress Slider WordPress plugin through 2.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of the Slider options, allowing Cross-Site Scripting payloads to be set in them. Furthermore, as by default any authenticated user is allowed to create Sliders (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slider-can-be-changed-from-any-user-even-subscriber/, such settings can be changed in the plugin's settings), this would allow user with a role as low as subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the slider list and could lead to privilege escalation by creating a rogue admin account for example.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/Responsive Sliderdescription
- Range: <=2.2.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a2dddfc-6ce2-4edd-aaaa-4c130a9356d0mitrex_refsource_MISC
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