PT-2024-24912 · WordPress · Metaslider

Wesley · Published 2024-04-11 · Updated 2024-04-11 · CVE-2024-3285

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 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Responsive WordPress Slideshows plugin versions up to, and including, 3.70.0

Description The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the metaslider shortcode, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.70.0, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue in the metaslider shortcode.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-3285

Affected Products

Metaslider

References · 4

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3067751/ml-slider · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3285 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1cbd95bb-6f13-48c9-a51e-5f7bf7a296df?source=cve · Note