CVE-2024-4375 Cross-site scripting in Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the ms_layer shortcode, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- 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-2024-4375?
CVE-2024-4375 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in averta Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider, published on 18 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'ms_layer' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'css_id' user supplied attribute. 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. e CVE-2024-37222 may be a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4375?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Averta Master Slider.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4375?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4375 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-2024-4375 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4375 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in averta Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider
- CVE-2024-32600 WordPress Master Slider plugin <= 3.9.5 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2024-37222 WordPress Master Slider plugin <= 3.10.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-47508 WordPress Master Slider Pro Plugin <= 3.6.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2025-58025 WordPress Master Slider Plugin <= 3.11.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-6490 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider <= 3.9.10 - CSRF to slider deletion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-953j-hfcf-57cx.