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CVE-2025-5291

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
June 17, 2025
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's masterslider_pb and ms_slide shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.10.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected WordPress components

  • Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider Plugin · master-slider
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 3.10.8
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • averta Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider — Up to and including 3.10.8
  • averta master_slider — Before 3.10.9

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/master-slider/tags/3.10.8/includes/msp-shortcodes.php#L28 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/master-slider/tags/3.10.8/includes/msp-shortcodes.php#L633 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/master-slider/tags/3.10.8/includes/msp-shortcodes.php#L763 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/master-slider/tags/3.10.8/includes/msp-shortcodes.php#L783 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3309620/ Patch
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/master-slider/#description Product
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce37fbd2-8d41-4feb-adf6-7ca0ca54e27a?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record