CVE-2022-1303: Slide Anything < 2.3.44 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Slide Anything WordPress plugin before 2.3.44 does not sanitize and escape sliders' description, which could allow high privilege users such as editor and above to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected products

Slide Anything – Responsive Content / HTML Slider and Carousel: before 2.3.44 — fixed in 2.3.44

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Slide Anything – Responsive Content / HTML Slider and Carousel 2.3.44. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/590b446d-f8bc-49b0-93e7-2a6f2e6f62f1
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/590b446d-f8bc-49b0-93e7-2a6f2e6f62f1

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