Slideshow SeWordPress extension · Slideshow Se Project
CVE-2022-43461
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 allows attackers to inject malicious scripts that are stored persistently on the server and executed in the browsers of users viewing 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
< 2.5.6CVSS 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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Check the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find 'John West Slideshow SE' and note the version number displayed. Alternatively, check the plugin's main PHP file header for the Version field.Affected if Version is 2.5.5 or lower
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Identify plugin admin settings pageLocate the plugin's administration interface in WordPress admin under the menu item added by the plugin (typically 'Slideshow SE' or similar). This is where user-supplied input is accepted.Affected if Plugin admin interface is accessible and accepts user input in any form fields
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Verify stored content displayCreate or view a slideshow on the frontend of the site that includes user-supplied input from the plugin settings. Inspect the page source or use browser dev tools to examine how the input is rendered.Affected if User-supplied input from plugin fields is displayed on the frontend without visible sanitization/encoding in the HTML output
You are affected if the plugin version is 2.5.5 or below and any user-supplied input fields in the plugin settings are reflected in the frontend without proper output encoding.
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.
dbcve · scoped2.5.6
Upgrade to a version newer than 2.5.5 when available. If no patched version exists, remove the plugin or implement output encoding/sanitization on all user-supplied input fields handled by the plugin.
2.5.6
- Update the Slideshow SE WordPress plugin to version 2.5.6 or later through the WordPress admin dashboard (Plugins > Updates)
- Verify the update was successful by checking the plugin version in the installed plugins list
- Consider testing the plugin functionality after update to ensure normal operation
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Slideshow Se
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation1.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- 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-2022-43461 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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