Stored cross-site scripting in Slider by Soliloquy - Responsive Image Slider for WordPress - #VU21938
Published: October 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21938
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Soliloquy Team
Affected software:
Slider by Soliloquy - Responsive Image Slider for WordPress
Slider by Soliloquy - Responsive Image Slider for WordPress
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the HTTP POST parameter to the "/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php" script. A remote attacker can inject trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.