Slideshow Jquery Image Gallery: A security weakness

Slideshow Jquery Image Gallery is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS · cve@mitre.org

NVD score 7.5 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Slideshow Jquery Image Gallery
Plugin slug: slideshow-jquery-image-gallery
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Jun 08, 2017
Weakness: CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Jun 08, 2017 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Slideshow Jquery Image Gallery 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.

Source record

Technical description

The SlideshowPluginSlideshowStylesheet::loadStylesheetByAJAX function in the Slideshow plugin 2.2.8 through 2.2.21 for Wordpress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Wordpress option values.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources