CVE-2024-6850

The Carousel Slider WordPress plugin before 2.2.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c06995cb-1685-4751-811f-aead52a597a7/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:majeedraza:carousel_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

27 Sep 2024, 18:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Majeedraza carousel Slider Majeedraza
CWE		CWE-79
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:majeedraza:carousel_slider::::::wordpress::*
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c06995cb-1685-4751-811f-aead52a597a7/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c06995cb-1685-4751-811f-aead52a597a7/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

13 Sep 2024, 16:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-09-13 06:15

Updated : 2024-09-27 18:30

NVD link : CVE-2024-6850

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6850

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6850

JSON object : View

Products Affected

majeedraza

carousel_slider

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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