CVE-2024-4372 Carousel Slider < 2.2.11 - Editor+ Stored XSS

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Editors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters in the Carousel Slider plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2024-4372?

CVE-2024-4372 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Carousel Slider, published on 21 May 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

The Carousel Slider WordPress plugin before 2.2.11 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4372?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Majeedraza Carousel Slider.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4372?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4372 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-2024-4372 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4372 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vw93-wqr3-x7vr.

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