Image Slider: Cross-site request forgery
Image Slider is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Image Slider
- Plugin slug
image-slider- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 18, 2022
This CVE was published Jul 18, 2022 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Image Slider to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The WordPress plugin Image Slider is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.1.121 due to failure to properly check for the existence of a nonce in the function ewic_duplicate_slider. This make it possible for unauthenticated attackers to duplicate existing posts or pages granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N