Vulnerability CVE-2024-8543


Published: 2024-09-10

Description:
The Slider comparison image before and after plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's [sciba] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.8.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Type:

CWE-79

(Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/14ab5d7c-ab46-4a53-b0d2-8b331e204cf3?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slider-comparison-image-before-and-after/trunk/sciba.php#L39

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