What is CVE-2024-12173?

CVE-2024-12173 is a low-severity vulnerability in Averta Master_slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-12173?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12173 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Averta Master_slider

CVE-2024-12173

The Master Slider WordPress plugin before 3.10.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as Editor and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_ht…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Averta Master_slider
Unknown Master Slider — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12173?: CVE-2024-12173 is a low-severity vulnerability in Averta Master_slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-12173?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12173 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.