# CVE-2024-51821: WordPress WE – Client Logo Carousel plugin <= 1.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the WE – Client Logo Carousel plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.

- **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:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-99qq-7hp5-9h5x

## What is CVE-2024-51821?

CVE-2024-51821 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wordpresteem WE – Client Logo Carousel, published on 19 Nov 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 ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in wordpresteem WE – Client Logo Carousel we-client-logo-carousel allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WE – Client Logo Carousel: from n/a through <= 1.4.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51821?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-51821?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51821 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-51821 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51821 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-51821 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-51821 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wordpresteem WE – Client Logo Carousel, published on 19 Nov 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-2024-51821 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wordpresteem WE – Client Logo 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-2024-51821/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51821/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51821
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51821
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-51821

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51821/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.