Testimonial Slider: A security weakness
Testimonial Slider 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.
- Component
- Testimonial Slider
- Plugin slug
testimonial-slider-and-showcase- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 26, 2024
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
This CVE was published Mar 26, 2024 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Testimonial 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 Testimonial Slider WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 does not properly ensure that a user has the necessary capabilities to edit certain sensitive Testimonial Slider WordPress plugin before 2.3.7 settings, making it possible for users with at least the Author role to edit them.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N