PT-2024-22924 · WordPress · The Carousel

Ancorn + 3 · Published 2024-04-05 · Updated 2024-04-08 · CVE-2024-2949

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel – Image Carousel & Photo Gallery, Post Carousel & Post Grid, Product Carousel & Product Grid for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.6.3

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the carousel widget due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.6.3, update to a version higher than 2.6.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the carousel widget for users with contributor-level access and above until a patch is available. Additionally, ensure proper input validation and output escaping for all user-supplied attributes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-2949

Affected Products

The Carousel

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2949 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3065296%40wp-carousel-free&new=3065296%40wp-carousel-free&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9349208c-3e86-4ec6-9e10-5ecaa4923922?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1776503204370325610 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/75897 · Telegram Post