PT-2023-18753 · WordPress · Wordpress Vertical Image Slider Plugin

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-06-09 · Updated 2023-06-15 · CVE-2023-2289

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wordpress vertical image slider plugin versions up to, and including, 1.2.16

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping via the search term parameter. This can be exploited if an attacker can trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.2.16, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the search term parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-2289

Affected Products

Wordpress Vertical Image Slider Plugin

References · 4

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2824902%40wp-vertical-image-slider%2Ftags%2F1.2.16&new=2902084%40wp-vertical-image-slider%2Ftags%2F1.2.17 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2289 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2289 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9983364-9b52-4acc-91d4-b352c6d24d52?source=cve · Note