HT Mega Plugin up to 2.4.4 on WordPress Post Carousel Widget cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HT Mega Plugin up to 2.4.4 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Post Carousel Widget. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-1421. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HT Mega Plugin up to 2.4.4 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown function of the component Post Carousel Widget. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘border_type’ attribute of the Post Carousel widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4 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.

The weakness was shared 03/12/2024. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-1421 since 02/09/2024. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

02/09/2024 🔍
03/12/2024 +32 days 🔍
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04/12/2026 +761 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-1421 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-1421
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256494

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2024 14:30
Updated: 04/12/2026 18:44
Changes: 03/12/2024 14:30 (38), 04/08/2024 21:53 (15), 04/08/2024 22:06 (12), 01/23/2025 00:13 (13), 04/16/2025 11:46 (3), 04/12/2026 18:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:544:103

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