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CVE-2022-4482 The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not validate and escape some of its…

Description

The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel 2.5 earliest → < 2.5.3 2.5.3
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