Sayful Islam Carousel Slider Plugin up to 2.2.3 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sayful Islam Carousel Slider Plugin up to 2.2.3 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-6850. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sayful Islam Carousel Slider Plugin up to 2.2.3 on WordPress. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

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

The weakness was presented by Krugov Artyom. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-6850 since 07/17/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Carousel Slider Plugin 2.2.4

Timelineinfo

07/17/2024 🔍
09/13/2024 +58 days 🔍
09/13/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2025 +178 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Krugov Artyom
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6850 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6850
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-277383

Entryinfo

Created: 09/13/2024 08:52
Updated: 03/10/2025 11:57
Changes: 09/13/2024 08:52 (58), 09/14/2024 18:28 (12), 09/28/2024 02:32 (11), 03/10/2025 11:57 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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