PT-2021-16232 · WordPress · The Logo Showcase With Slick Slider

Apple502J · Published 2021-11-23 · Updated 2021-12-16 · CVE-2021-24729

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Logo Showcase with Slick Slider WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.2.4

Description The issue allows users with a role as low as Author to perform stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This is due to the lack of sanitization in the Grid Settings, which can be exploited via post metadata of Grid logo showcase.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.4, update to version 1.2.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the ability of users with the Author role to edit post metadata until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24729

Affected Products

The Logo Showcase With Slick Slider

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5d70818e-730d-40c9-a2db-652052a5fd5c · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24729 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24729 · Vendor Advisory