# CVE-2024-35762: WordPress Serious Slider plugin <= 1.2.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the Serious Slider plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-grgx-v94g-52gr

## What is CVE-2024-35762?

CVE-2024-35762 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cryout Creations Serious Slider, published on 21 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Cryout Creations Serious Slider allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Serious Slider: from n/a through 1.2.4.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35762?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cryoutcreations Serious Slider.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-35762?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-35762 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-35762 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cryout Creations Serious Slider

- [CVE-2024-11108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11108/): Serious Slider < 1.2.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35762 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-35762 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cryout Creations Serious Slider, published on 21 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cryout Creations Serious 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-2024-35762/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35762/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35762
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35762
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35762

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35762/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.