The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.17.1. The patch adds extra filtering of captions using HTML Purifier where there appeared to be a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability to accounts with sufficient privileges.
This vulnerability is a medium severity with CVSS 6.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider. It affects Versions before 3.17.2 and is fixed in 3.17.2.
the tracked vulnerability is tracked for the Plugin Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider as medium severity with CVSS 6.4. The affected range is Versions before 3.17.2. Update Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider to 3.17.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
ml-slider
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | No linked CVE entry. |
| Patched Versions |
3.17.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions before 3.17.2
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider <= 3.94.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Object Injection
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider <= 3.98.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via aria-label Parameter
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Responsive WordPress Slideshows <= 3.70.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via metaslider Shortcode
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider <= 3.29.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Responsive WordPress Plugin <= 2.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Responsive WordPress Plugin <= 3.27.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider <= 3.94.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider <= 3.94.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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