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CVE-2024-11108: Serious Slider < 1.2.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2024-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The Serious Slider WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Affected products
- Cryout Creations Serious Slider: before 1.2.7 — fixed in 1.2.7
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Cryout Creations Serious Slider 1.2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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