CVE-2024-0611 Cross-site scripting in Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider
Authenticated editors can inject arbitrary scripts via slider callbacks in specific WordPress configurations, leading to stored XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0611?
CVE-2024-0611 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in averta Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider, published on 2 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the slides callback functionality in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access, 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0611?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Averta Master Slider.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0611?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0611 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-0611 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0611 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in averta Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider
- CVE-2024-32600 WordPress Master Slider plugin <= 3.9.5 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2024-37222 WordPress Master Slider plugin <= 3.10.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-47508 WordPress Master Slider Pro Plugin <= 3.6.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2025-58025 WordPress Master Slider Plugin <= 3.11.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-6490 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider <= 3.9.10 - CSRF to slider deletion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-825x-jxfp-rh4x.