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CVE-2022-29440: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Multiple Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities were discovered in the WordPress Promotion Slider plugin versions 3.3.4 and below. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2022-29440 and was disclosed on May 26, 2022. The vulnerability affects users with contributor or higher user role privileges in WordPress installations using the affected plugin versions (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS severity rating of 5.4 (Low). It falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with contributor-level access to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would then be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of May 20, 2022, the plugin has been closed and is no longer available for download from the WordPress plugin repository due to security issues. No official fix was released for this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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