Cross-site scripting in samdani GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More…
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 WordPress Book Plugin for Displaying Books in Grid, Flip, Slider, Popup Layout and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'gs_book_showcase' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| samdani | GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress | up to 1.3.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress Vendorsamdani Affected up to 1.3.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11766
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6755-q7pf-hqwv
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3b40b73-4dec-4a96-a634-3bd3d74616ba?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gs-books-showcase/tags/1.3.1/gs-bookshowcase-files/includes/templates/gs_bookshowcase_structure_1_square.php#L24
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3204642%40gs-books-showcase&new=3204642%40gs-books-showcase&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More samdani vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-01987 Logo Slider <= 3.7.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2024-10909 Cross-site scripting in samdani GS Portfolio – A Plugin for Making Filterable Portfolio… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2022-04562 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2024-12404 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-11360 GS Insever Portfolio <= 1.4.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) CSS Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-11766 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-11766 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6755-q7pf-hqwv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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