CVE-2022-35882 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Authenticated (author or higher user role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GS Plugins GS Testimonial Slider plugin <= 1.9.5 at WordPress.

Published: 2022-07-28

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GS Plugins

GS Testimonial Slider (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.9.5`	affected	≤ 1.9.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gsplugins:gs_testimonial_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 1.9.6 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-38755	Authenticated (author or higher user role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GS Plugins GS Testimonial Slider plugin <= 1.9.5 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00352.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/gs-testimonial/wordpress-gs-testimonial-slider-plugin-1-9-1-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/gs-testimonial/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gsplugins Gs Testimonial Slider

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-07-28T14:22:48.114Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:44.746Z

Reserved: 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-35882

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T09:44:22.180Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-28T15:15:07.737

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:11:52.447

Link: CVE-2022-35882

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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