CVE-2024-6850 Carousel Slider < 2.2.14 - Editor+ Stored XSS
Editors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Carousel Slider plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6850?
CVE-2024-6850 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Carousel Slider, published on 13 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Carousel Slider WordPress plugin before 2.2.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6850?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Majeedraza Carousel Slider.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6850?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6850 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-2024-6850 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6850 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Carousel Slider
- CVE-2024-4372 Carousel Slider < 2.2.11 - Editor+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2023-41848 WordPress Carousel Slider plugin <= 2.2.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2024-3703 Carousel Slider < 2.2.10 - Editor+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2024-1712 Carousel Slider < 2.2.7 - Editor+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2024-45269 Cross-site request forgery in Carousel Slider
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gq5m-j7gp-3x7q.