Slideshow SeWordPress extension · Slideshow Se Project
CVE-2022-41554
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedStored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in John West Slideshow SE plugin <= 2.5.5 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceStored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the John West Slideshow SE WordPress plugin versions 2.5.5 and below. The vulnerability allows malicious scripts to be injected and persistently stored within the plugin's data fields, executing when other users view the affected content.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Slideshow SeWordPress extension
<= 2.5.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm John West Slideshow SE plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'John West Slideshow SE' or 'Slideshow SE' in the listAffected if Plugin is not present in the installed plugins list
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Identify installed versionIn the plugins list, click on the plugin details or view the plugin header comment in the main plugin file (typically in /wp-content/plugins/slideshow-se/ or similar path containing 'slideshow') to read the Version fieldAffected if Version number displayed is 2.5.5 or lower
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Check plugin activation statusIn WordPress admin > Plugins, verify if the John West Slideshow SE plugin is activated (showing as 'Active' under the plugin name)Affected if Plugin is currently active and version is 2.5.5 or below
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Inspect plugin settings for user-generated content fieldsNavigate to the plugin's settings page (usually under Settings or a dedicated menu item named after the plugin) and examine any text input fields, content areas, or configuration options where users can enter or store dataAffected if Plugin settings contain input fields that accept and store user-supplied content without visible sanitization indicators
User is affected if John West Slideshow SE plugin is installed with version 2.5.5 or below and contains input fields that store user-generated content which could be viewed by other users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the John West Slideshow SE plugin to a version beyond 2.5.5. If no update is available, consider removing the plugin until a patch is released, and implement input sanitization and output encoding on any existing user-generated content.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-41554 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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