CVE-2024-53749 WordPress Post Carousel Slider for Elementor plugin <= 1.5.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Post Carousel Slider for Elementor plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.
- 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-2024-53749?
CVE-2024-53749 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Plugin Devs Post Carousel Slider for Elementor, published on 1 Dec 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 Plugin Devs Post Carousel Slider for Elementor post-carousel-slider-for-elementor allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Post Carousel Slider for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53749?
How do I fix CVE-2024-53749?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53749 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-2024-53749 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53749 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g3c7-wp5g-pgpj.