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CVE-2024-4390: Depicter <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Nonce Generation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

The Slider and Carousel slider by Depicter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Nonce Generation in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor access and above, to generate a valid nonce for any WordPress action/function. This could be used to invoke functionality that is protected only by nonce checks.

Affected products

• averta Depicter Slider: before 3.1.0 — fixed in 3.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: averta Depicter Slider 3.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/depicter/trunk/app/src/Controllers/Ajax/SecurityAjaxController.php#L14
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3103357%40depicter%2Ftrunk&old=3090538%40depicter%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd7c3a5d-b8aa-45cb-983c-55ba7e3d72f3?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/depicter/trunk/app/src/Controllers/Ajax/SecurityAjaxController.php#L14
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3103357%40depicter%2Ftrunk&old=3090538%40depicter%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd7c3a5d-b8aa-45cb-983c-55ba7e3d72f3?source=cve

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