QID 731376

QID 731376: WordPress LayerSlider Plugin SQL Injection Vulnerability

LayerSlider is a premium multi-purpose slider for creating image galleries, content sliders, and slideshows.

The LayerSlider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ls_get_popup_markup action due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.

Affected Versions:
WordPress LayerSlider Plugin 7.9.11 and 7.10.0

QID Detection Logic:
This QID sends a HTTP GET request to "wp-content/plugins/LayerSlider/assets/locales/LayerSlider-en_US.pot" or "wp-content/plugins/LayerSlider/assets/static/layerslider/js/layerslider.kreaturamedia.jquery.js" endpoint and checks for vulnerable version of WordPress LayerSlider plugin running on the target application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade to LayerSlider 7.10.1 or later version to remediate this vulnerability. For more information please refer LayerSlider Plugin Release Notes.

Vendor References

LayerSlider Plugin Release Notes - layerslider.com/release-log/

CVEs related to QID 731376

CVE-2024-2879 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
LayerSlider Plugin Release Notes			layerslider.com/release-log/

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