Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 16, 2023· Updated Apr 4, 2025
Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel < 2.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
CVE-2022-4482
Description
The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
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Affected products
2<2.5.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <2.5.3
- (no CPE)range: <2.5.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/389b71d6-b0e6-4e36-b9ca-9d8dab75bb0amitreexploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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