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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-35882
CVE-2022-35882:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WordPress GS Testimonial Slider plugin version 1.9.5 and earlier contains an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This security issue was discovered and reported on July 27, 2022 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2022-35882 and received a CVSS score of 4.8, indicating a low severity impact. The issue requires authentication (Author level privileges) to exploit (Patchstack).
Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an authenticated malicious actor 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
The vulnerability was fixed in version 1.9.6 of the GS Testimonial Slider plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.9.6 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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