Medium severity · published Oct 16, 2024
CVE-2024-9582
Accordion Slider <= 1.9.11 - Authenticted (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HTML Attribute
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Accordion Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘html’ attribute of an accordion slider in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. NOTE: Successful exploitation by Contributor-level users requires an Administrator-level user to provide access to the plugin's admin area via the `Access` plugin setting, which is restricted to administrators by default.
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 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Accordion Slider · bqworks
through 1.9.11 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9582
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9582
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3166480/accordion-slider
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94f19f56-0667-443e-8545-a17fbe9c3ddb?source=cve
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