What is CVE-2024-3285?

CVE-2024-3285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metaslider Slider\, Gallery\, And Carousel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-3285?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-3285 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Metaslider Slider\, Gallery\, And Carousel

CVE-2024-3285

The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Responsive WordPress Slideshows plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'metaslider' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.70.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-3285?: CVE-2024-3285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metaslider Slider\, Gallery\, And Carousel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-3285?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-3285 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.