CVE-2022-43461 — Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in John West Slideshow SE plugin

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in John West Slideshow SE plugin <= 2.5.5 versions.

01What is this vulnerability?

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in John West Slideshow SE plugin <= 2.5.5 versions.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
John West	Slideshow SE	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-03-17T13:25:43.922Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-13T15:50:54.223Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/slideshow-se/wordpress-slideshow-s…