# CVE-2024-9233: GS Logo Slider < 3.7.1 - Settings Update via Cross-Site Request Forgery

> Attackers can force logged-in admins to change plugin settings via CSRF, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **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:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 17 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8xqm-w2cq-fmc6

## What is CVE-2024-9233?

CVE-2024-9233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Logo Slider, published on 15 May 2025. 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

The Logo Slider  WordPress plugin before 3.7.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9233?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gsplugins Logo Slider.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9233?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9233 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9233 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9233 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Logo Slider

- [CVE-2023-51530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51530/): WordPress GS Logo Slider Plugin <= 3.5.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9233 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Logo Slider, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9233 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Logo 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-2024-9233/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9233/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9233
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9233
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9233

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9233/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.