CVE-2023-1473 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider WordPress plugin 3.29.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00117.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Metaslider	Slider\, Gallery\, And Carousel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:metaslider:slider\,_gallery\,_and_carousel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-23721	The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider WordPress plugin 3.29.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6e6c67b-7d9b-4fdb-8115-c33add7bfc3d

History

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-04-17T12:17:48.829Z

Updated: 2025-02-06T15:23:59.862Z

Reserved: 2023-03-17T14:13:51.214Z

Link: CVE-2023-1473

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:49:11.438Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-17T13:15:38.497

Modified: 2025-02-06T16:15:33.033

Link: CVE-2023-1473

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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