CVE-2021-24196

Social Slider Widget < 1.8.5 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

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Published Apr 5, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Social Slider Widget WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 allowed Authenticated Reflected XSS in the plugin settings page as the ‘token_error’ parameter can be controlled by users and it is directly echoed without being sanitized

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Social Slider Widget

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.8.5`	affected	< 1.8.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cm-wp:social_slider_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11110	The Social Slider Widget WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 allowed Authenticated Reflected XSS in the plugin settings page as the ‘token_error’ parameter can be controlled by users and it is directly echoed without being sanitized

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.679% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://purinechu.github.io/posts/social_slider_widget_reflected_xss/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb20d732-a5e4-4140-ab51-b2aa1a53db12

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cm-wp Social Slider Widget

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:21 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Apr 5, 2021, 6:27 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:21 PM
Reserved: Jan 14, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:39 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 5, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:39 AM

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