vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: LayerSlider: CVE-2022-1153: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Apr 11, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 11, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The LayerSlider WordPress plugin before 7.1.2 does not sanitise and escape Project's slug before outputting it back in various place, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
Solution
layerslider-plugin-cve-2022-1153
References
Rapid7 Labs
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