Stored cross-site scripting in Accordion Slider - CVE-2024-11892
Published: March 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105899
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11892
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: bqworks
Affected software:
Accordion Slider
Accordion Slider
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "accordion_slider" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-11892
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accordion-slider-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-accordion-renderer.php#L172
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accordion-slider-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-accordion-renderer.php#L93
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accordion-slider-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-accordion-slider.php#L310
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accordion-slider-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-accordion-slider.php#L445
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accordion-slider-lite/tags/1.5.1/public/class-accordion-slider.php#L98
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb386ab5-1fb9-4649-99a6-0e3f971a02f8?source=cve