CVE-2024-13757 Cross-site scripting in Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the ms_layer shortcode, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13757?
CVE-2024-13757 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in averta Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider, published on 5 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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 plugin's ms_layer shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.10.6 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13757?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Averta Master Slider.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13757?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13757 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-2024-13757 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13757 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-87p5-fx92-387x.