# CVE-2024-45270: Cross-site request forgery in Carousel Slider

> A CSRF vulnerability in the Carousel Slider WordPress plugin allows attackers to modify site content if a logged-in user visits a crafted page.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2745-8q5m-h58w

## What is CVE-2024-45270?

CVE-2024-45270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sayful Islam Carousel Slider, published on 1 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

WordPress plugin "Carousel Slider" provided by Sayful Islam contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability on Hero image selection feature. While logged in to the WordPress site with Carousel Slider plugin enabled, accessing a crafted page may cause a user to alter the contents of the WordPress site.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45270?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Majeedraza Carousel Slider.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sayful Islam Carousel Slider

- [CVE-2024-4372](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4372/): Carousel Slider < 2.2.11 - Editor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-41848](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41848/): WordPress Carousel Slider plugin <= 2.2.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-6850](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6850/): Carousel Slider < 2.2.14 - Editor+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-3703](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3703/): Carousel Slider < 2.2.10 - Editor+ Stored XSS (medium 4.7)
- [CVE-2024-1712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1712/): Carousel Slider < 2.2.7 - Editor+ Stored XSS (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45270 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sayful Islam Carousel Slider, published on 1 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sayful Islam Carousel 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-2024-45270/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45270/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45270
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45270
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45270

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45270/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.