Medium severity · published Apr 6, 2024
CVE-2024-2949
Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel – Image Carousel & Photo Gallery, Post Carousel & Post Grid, Product Carousel & Product Grid for WooCommerce <= 2.6.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'sp_wp_carousel_shortcode'
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel – Image Carousel & Photo Gallery, Post Carousel & Post Grid, Product Carousel & Product Grid for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the carousel widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel · shapedplugin
through 2.6.3 · source: vendor
WC
WP Carousel · Shapedplugin
before 2.6.4 · source: NVD
Affected product
CS
Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel
shapedplugin
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2949
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2949
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3065296%40wp-carousel-free&new=3065296%40wp-carousel-free&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9349208c-3e86-4ec6-9e10-5ecaa4923922?source=cve
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