# CVE-2024-45459: Cross-site scripting in Product Slider for WooCommerce

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users via the Product Slider for WooCommerce plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 15 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f4cg-5v3q-jpw3

## What is CVE-2024-45459?

CVE-2024-45459 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce, published on 15 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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce woocommerce-products-slider allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Product Slider for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.13.50.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45459?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pickplugins Product Slider for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45459?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45459 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45459 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2021-24300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24300/): PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce < 1.13.22 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-0166](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0166/): PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce < 1.13.42 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45459 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45459 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce, published on 15 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-2024-45459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce. 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-2024-45459/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45459/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45459
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45459
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45459

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45459/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.