PT-2025-21473 · WordPress · Carousel

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2025-05-15 · Updated 2025-05-15 · CVE-2024-4002

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.5

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.6.9

Description: The issue concerns the lack of sanitization and escaping of some settings in the plugin, which could allow high-privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This is possible even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example, in a multisite setup.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.6.9, update to version 2.6.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-4002

Affected Products

Carousel

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/298b51ec-afad-4bc1-968d-76c59e55fc05 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4002 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1923115357625070001 · Twitter Post