Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Meteor Slides
The WordPress plugin Menteor Slides was closed on the WordPress Plugin Directory yesterday. As at least one customer of ours is using the plugin, we were alerted to the closure. No explanation has been given for the closure, but we found that it contains an authenticated persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability. Which, according to WPScan, was already found by Lana Codes. That vulnerability is caused by the plugin’s shortcode functionality.
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This post provides insights on a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Meteor Slides not discovered by us, where the discoverer hadn't provided the details needed for us to confirm the vulnerability while we were adding it to the data set for our service, so the rest of its contents are limited to subscribers of our service.
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