# CVE-2024-33542: WordPress Crelly Slider plugin <= 1.4.5 - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization to access or modify slider data via insecure direct object references in the Crelly Slider plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 29 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v43w-m78j-vr5m

## What is CVE-2024-33542?

CVE-2024-33542 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fabio Rinaldi Crelly Slider, published on 29 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Fabio Rinaldi Crelly Slider.This issue affects Crelly Slider: from n/a through 1.4.5.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33542?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Crelly Slider Project Crelly Slider.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-33542?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-33542 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fabio Rinaldi Crelly Slider

- [CVE-2019-15866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15866/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-3752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3752/): Crelly Slider <= 1.4.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-13116](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13116/): Crelly Slider < 1.4.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS (low 3.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33542 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-33542 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fabio Rinaldi Crelly Slider, published on 29 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fabio Rinaldi Crelly Slider. 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-2024-33542/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33542/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33542
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33542
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-33542

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33542/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.