Low severity · published Feb 19, 2025
CVE-2024-12173
Master Slider < 3.10.5 - Editor+ Stored XSS
3.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Master Slider WordPress plugin before 3.10.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as Editor and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MS
Master Slider ·
before 3.10.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12173
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12173
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0f35be0e-0f63-4e33-aa4d-c47b1f1e0595/
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