2J Slideshow, Image Slider Plugin up to 1.3.54 on WordPress post cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in 2J Slideshow, Image Slider Plugin up to 1.3.54 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument post leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-4604. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in 2J Slideshow, Image Slider Plugin up to 1.3.54 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument post with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Slideshow, Image Slider by 2J plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘post’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.54 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-4604 since 08/29/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• 2J

Name

• Slideshow, Image Slider Plugin

Version

• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8
• 1.3.9
• 1.3.10
• 1.3.11
• 1.3.12
• 1.3.13
• 1.3.14
• 1.3.15
• 1.3.16
• 1.3.17
• 1.3.18
• 1.3.19
• 1.3.20
• 1.3.21
• 1.3.22
• 1.3.23
• 1.3.24
• 1.3.25
• 1.3.26
• 1.3.27
• 1.3.28
• 1.3.29
• 1.3.30
• 1.3.31
• 1.3.32
• 1.3.33
• 1.3.34
• 1.3.35
• 1.3.36
• 1.3.37
• 1.3.38
• 1.3.39
• 1.3.40
• 1.3.41
• 1.3.42
• 1.3.43
• 1.3.44
• 1.3.45
• 1.3.46
• 1.3.47
• 1.3.48
• 1.3.49
• 1.3.50
• 1.3.51
• 1.3.52
• 1.3.53
• 1.3.54

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