Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Image Horizontal Reel Scroll Slideshow Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5413

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Image horizontal reel scroll slideshow
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 December 2023

Summary

The Image Horizontal Reel Scroll Slideshow plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through its 'ihrss-gallery' shortcode. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-provided attributes. Consequently, authenticated users with contributor-level permissions or higher can exploit this flaw to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever an affected page is accessed, posing significant risks to users and website integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Image horizontal reel scroll slideshow * <= 13.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-horizont...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3010834/imag...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

István Márton
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