CVE-2024-33938
WordPress Sliding Widgets plugin <= 1.5.0 - Broken Access Control to XSS vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in codename065 Sliding Widgets allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Sliding Widgets: from n/a through 1.5.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Sliding Widgets plugin <= 1.5.0 - Broken Access Control to XSS vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in codename065 Sliding Widgets allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Sliding Widgets: from n/a through 1.5.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-33938- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-34519
Missing Authorization vulnerability in codename065 Sliding Widgets allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Sliding Widgets: from n/a through 1.5.0.
- Record
EUVD-2024-34519- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5fj3-qh5c-64g3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in codename065 Sliding Widgets allows Cross-Site Scripting ...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in codename065 Sliding Widgets allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Sliding Widgets: from n/a through 1.5.0.
- Record
GHSA-5fj3-qh5c-64g3- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Authorization vulnerability in codename065 Sliding Widgets allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Sliding Widgets: from n/a through 1.5.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-33938- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-33938 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Codename065 Sliding Widgets, published May 2, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.