CVE-2024-13314: Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel < 2.7.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description

The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin before 2.7.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13314

Problem Types

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Products

Vendor: Unknown

Product: Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.12% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-22 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13314
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae234bbe-a4af-49f5-8e0a-4fb960821e05/

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