# CVE-2024-37546: Cross-site scripting in Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel

> Stored XSS in WordPress Image Hover Effects plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, 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:** 6 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wvr7-hg8r-3q2q

## What is CVE-2024-37546?

CVE-2024-37546 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in biplob018 Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel, published on 6 Jul 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 biplob018 Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel: from n/a through 3.0.2.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37546?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oxilab Image Hover Effects for Elementor With Lightbox and Flipbox.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37546?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37546 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37546 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in biplob018 Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel

- [CVE-2022-45831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45831/): WordPress Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel Plugin <= 2.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-5001](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5001/): Cross-site scripting in Image Hover Effects for Elementor with Lightbox and Flipbox (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37546 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37546 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in biplob018 Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel, published on 6 Jul 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-2024-37546 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: biplob018 Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel. 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-2024-37546/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37546/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37546
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37546
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37546

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37546/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.