Visual Slide Box Builder: SQL injection
Visual Slide Box Builder 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
- Visual Slide Box Builder
- Plugin slug
visual-slide-box-builder- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 16, 2022
This CVE was published May 16, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Visual Slide Box Builder 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 Visual Slide Box Builder WordPress plugin through 3.2.9 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before using them in SQL statements via some of its AJAX actions available to any authenticated users (such as subscriber), leading to SQL Injections
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H