TI-2024-02757 Aliases CVE-2024-2949 GHSA-xg42-vmfr-25f3

Cross-site scripting in shapedplugin Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video…

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2024-04-06 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel – Image Carousel & Photo Gallery, Post Carousel & Post Grid, Product Carousel & Product Grid for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the carousel widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.3 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00344 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
shapedplugin	Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel	up to 2.6.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel Vendorshapedplugin Affected up to 2.6.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:shapedplugin:wp_carousel::::::wordpress::*	before 2.6.4	Vulnerable	shapedplugin

cpe:2.3:a:shapedplugin:wp_carousel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.6.4 Vulnerable ·shapedplugin

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-2949
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xg42-vmfr-25f3

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3065296%40wp-carousel-free&new=3065296%40wp-carousel-free&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9349208c-3e86-4ec6-9e10-5ecaa4923922?source=cve

Sources

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