# CVE-2021-24730: Logo Showcase with Slick Slider < 1.2.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Media Title/Description/Alt Text/URL Update

> Authenticated users can modify arbitrary media metadata due to missing authorization checks in the Logo Showcase with Slick Slider plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fm23-hrfg-rmqx

## What is CVE-2021-24730?

CVE-2021-24730 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Logo Showcase with Slick Slider – Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid, published on 28 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Logo Showcase with Slick Slider WordPress plugin before 1.2.5 does not have CSRF and authorisation checks in the lswss_save_attachment_data AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as Subscriber, to change title, description, alt text, and URL of arbitrary uploaded media.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24730?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Infornweb Logo Showcase With Slick Slider.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24730?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24730 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24730 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24730 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Logo Showcase with Slick Slider – Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid

- [CVE-2021-24729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24729/): Logo Showcase with Slick Slider < 1.2.4 - Author+ Stored Cross Site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-24913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24913/): Logo Showcase with Slick Slider < 2.0.1 - Arbitrary Media Title/Description/Alt Text/URL Update via CSRF (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24730 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24730 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Logo Showcase with Slick Slider – Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid, published on 28 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24730 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Logo Showcase with Slick Slider – Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24730/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24730/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24730
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24730
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24730

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24730/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.