Vulnerability · Published Dec 20, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2024-11108Serious Slider < 1.2.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Serious Slider from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Serious Slider WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Serious Slider	0 – before 1.2.7

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7790af9d-621b-474c-b28c-c774e2a292bb/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description