CVE-2022-43461 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting John West Slideshow SE plugin versions up to and including 2.5.5. This medium-severity vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 5.4, allows an authenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts that execute in a victim's browser, potentially leading to information disclosure or unauthorized actions. While the attack complexity is low, user interaction is required for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:slideshow_se_project:slideshow_se:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.