Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Crelly Slider WordPress Plugin by WP Development
CVE-2024-13116

3.8LOW

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Crelly Slider
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 January 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Crelly Slider plugin for WordPress prior to version 1.4.7 is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the insufficient sanitization and escaping of certain settings. This vulnerability poses a risk primarily to high-privilege users, such as administrators, allowing them to execute malicious scripts even in environments where unfiltered HTML is restricted, like in multisite configurations. Proper security measures and plugin updates are essential to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Crelly Slider 0 < 1.4.7

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-13116 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1755c8ad-7620-4b12-bba0-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.8
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bob Matyas
WPScan
.