CVE-2024-13314

Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel <= 2.7.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

4.4

CVSS Score

4.4

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.7.4

Patched in

27d

Time to patch

Description

The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel – Image Carousel with Lightbox & Photo Gallery, Video Slider, Post Carousel & Post Grid, Product Carousel & Product Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.7.3

PublishedJanuary 31, 2025

Last updatedFebruary 26, 2025

Affected pluginwp-carousel-free

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a192e28-45cf-4d6a-ab87-b03d8264e7df?source=api-prod

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