Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Meteor Slides Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-12073

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Meteor Slides
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 January 2025

Summary

The Meteor Slides plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with a Contributor-level role or higher to inject malicious scripts through the 'slide_url_value' parameter. When a user accesses the compromised page, the injected script executes, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or other malicious activities. Users of Meteor Slides versions up to and including 1.5.7 are strongly advised to update to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

Meteor Slides * <= 1.5.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/meteor-slides/

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

Brian Sans-Souci
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