CVE-2024-11878: Category Post Slider <= 1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The Category Post Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'category-post-slider' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.4 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-11878
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
Affected Products
Vendor: gbsdeveloper
Product: Category Post Slider
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 16.18% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e312e3eb-0da9-4ecf-aec6-86bfe08417f5?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-post-slider/tags/1.4/category-post-slider.php#L189