Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Master Slider Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-11731

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Averta
Status
Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2025

Summary

The Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-provided attributes in the ms_slider shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user visits an affected page, potentially compromising user data and leading to unauthorized actions on behalf of legitimate users.

Affected Version(s)

Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider * <= 3.10.6

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/master-slider/...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/master-slider/#developers

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Peter Thaleikis
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