CVE-2024-4002

Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel < 2.6.9 - Editor+ Stored XSS

The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin before 2.6.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected

Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel

CVSS v3.1 CNA

3.5 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 28th percentile

Published

2025-05-15

Updated

2025-11-13

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/298b51ec-afad-4bc1-968d-76c59e55fc05/

Security advisories

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/298b51ec-afad-4bc1-968d-76c59e55fc05

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry