CVE-2024-4002

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  3. CVE-2024-4002
The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin before 2.6.9 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)

6.1 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/298b51ec-afad-4bc1-968d-76c59e55fc05/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:techearty:carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
History

05 Jun 2025, 14:24

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:techearty:carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
References () https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/298b51ec-afad-4bc1-968d-76c59e55fc05/ - () https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/298b51ec-afad-4bc1-968d-76c59e55fc05/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-79
First Time Techearty
Techearty carousel\, Slider\, Gallery By Wp Carousel

16 May 2025, 17:15

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.1

16 May 2025, 14:42

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Summary
  • (es) El complemento Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel para WordPress anterior a la versión 2.6.9 no depura ni escapa de algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, realizar ataques de Cross-Site Scripting almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida (por ejemplo, en una configuración multisitio).

15 May 2025, 20:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2025-05-15 20:15

Updated : 2025-06-05 14:24

NVD link : CVE-2024-4002

Mitre link : CVE-2024-4002

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-4002

JSON object : View

Products Affected

techearty

  • carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel
CWE
CWE-79

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