What is CVE-2024-4002?

CVE-2024-4002 is a low-severity vulnerability in Techearty Carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-4002?

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

Is CVE-2024-4002 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Techearty Carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel

CVE-2024-4002

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 th…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.2th 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

Techearty Carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel
Unknown Carousel, Slider, Gallery By Wp Carousel — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4002?: CVE-2024-4002 is a low-severity vulnerability in Techearty Carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-4002?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-4002 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.