Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker: SQL injection
Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker
- Plugin slug
slider-hero- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 23, 2021
This CVE was published Aug 23, 2021 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker 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 Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker WordPress plugin before 8.2.7 does not sanitise or escape the id attribute of its hero-button shortcode before using it in a SQL statement, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform SQL injection.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H