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CVE-2024-2949

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
April 6, 2024
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel – Image Carousel & Photo Gallery, Post Carousel & Post Grid, Product Carousel & Product Grid for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the carousel widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for 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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel Plugin · wp-carousel-free
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 2.6.3
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • shapedplugin Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel — Up to and including 2.6.3
  • shapedplugin wp_carousel — Before 2.6.4

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org 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
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9349208c-3e86-4ec6-9e10-5ecaa4923922?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record