CVE-2024-1730 Cross-site scripting in Prime Slider – Addons for Elementor

Medium 5.4 Published 20 Apr 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via slider widgets, leading to code execution or account takeover when users view the page.

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-2024-1730?

CVE-2024-1730 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bdthemes Prime Slider – Addons for Elementor, published on 20 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Prime Slider – Addons For Elementor (Revolution of a slider, Hero Slider, Media Slider, Drag Drop Slider, Video Slider, Product Slider, Ecommerce Slider) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via urls in link fields, images from URLs, and html tags used in widgets in all versions up to, and including, 3.14.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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-2024-1730?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bdthemes Prime Slider.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1730?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1730 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-2024-1730 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1730 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as CVE-2024-2545, GHSA-78g6-g9hf-844c.