{"id":"CVE-2021-24544","aliases":["EUVD-2021-11456","GHSA-mwxq-44mw-f88x"],"status":"published","title":"Responsive WordPress Slider \u003c= 2.2.0 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting","description":"The Responsive WordPress Slider WordPress plugin through 2.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of the Slider options, allowing Cross-Site Scripting payloads to be set in them. Furthermore, as by default any authenticated user is allowed to create Sliders (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slider-can-be-changed-from-any-user-even-subscriber/, such settings can be changed in the plugin's settings), this would allow user with a role as low as subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the slider list and could lead to privilege escalation by creating a rogue admin account for example.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.0062,"percentile":0.50054,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2021-10-25T13:20:44Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:40:12Z","products":[{"vendor":"motopress","product":"motopress-slider-lite"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"responsive wordpress slider"}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a2dddfc-6ce2-4edd-aaaa-4c130a9356d0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24544"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwxq-44mw-f88x"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-24544","title":"Responsive WordPress Slider \u003c= 2.2.0 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting","description":"The Responsive WordPress Slider WordPress plugin through 2.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of the Slider options, allowing Cross-Site Scripting payloads to be set in them. Furthermore, as by default any authenticated user is allowed to create Sliders (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slider-can-be-changed-from-any-user-even-subscriber/, such settings can be changed in the plugin's settings), this would allow user with a role as low as subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the slider list and could lead to privilege escalation by creating a rogue admin account for example.","status":"published","published":"2021-10-25T13:20:44Z","modified":"2024-08-03T19:35:20.162Z","cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:04.679189Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-11456","description":"The Responsive WordPress Slider WordPress plugin through 2.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of the Slider options, allowing Cross-Site Scripting payloads to be set in them. Furthermore, as by default any authenticated user is allowed to create Sliders (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slider-can-be-changed-from-any-user-even-subscriber/, such settings can be changed in the plugin's settings), this would allow user with a role as low as subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the slider list and could lead to privilege escalation by creating a rogue admin account for example.","status":"published","published":"2021-10-25T13:20:44Z","modified":"2024-08-03T19:35:20Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:24:57.403647Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-mwxq-44mw-f88x","title":"The Responsive WordPress Slider WordPress plugin through 2.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some...","description":"The Responsive WordPress Slider WordPress plugin through 2.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of the Slider options, allowing Cross-Site Scripting payloads to be set in them. Furthermore, as by default any authenticated user is allowed to create Sliders (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slider-can-be-changed-from-any-user-even-subscriber/, such settings can be changed in the plugin's settings), this would allow user with a role as low as subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the slider list and could lead to privilege escalation by creating a rogue admin account for example.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T19:18:43Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:03:12Z","cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:46:47.501364Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2021-24544","description":"The Responsive WordPress Slider WordPress plugin through 2.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of the Slider options, allowing Cross-Site Scripting payloads to be set in them. Furthermore, as by default any authenticated user is allowed to create Sliders (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slider-can-be-changed-from-any-user-even-subscriber/, such settings can be changed in the plugin's settings), this would allow user with a role as low as subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the slider list and could lead to privilege escalation by creating a rogue admin account for example.","status":"published","published":"2021-10-25T14:15:10.347Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:40:12.65Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":3.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:00.137719Z"}]}}