CVE-2022-2413: Slide Anything < 2.3.47 - Author+ Cross Site Scripting in slide title

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Slide Anything WordPress plugin before 2.3.47 does not properly sanitize or escape the slide title before outputting it in the admin pages, allowing a logged in user with roles as low as Author to inject a javascript payload into the slide title even when the unfiltered_html capability is disabled.

Affected products

Slide Anything: before 2.3.47 — fixed in 2.3.47

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Slide Anything 2.3.47. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e38b1bb-4410-45e3-87ca-d47a2cce9e22/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e38b1bb-4410-45e3-87ca-d47a2cce9e22/

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