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Owl CarouselWordPress extension · Logichunt

CVE-2024-24801

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-02-10
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.4.0 or later.
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in LogicHunt OWL Carousel – WordPress Owl Carousel Slider allows Stored XSS.This issue affects OWL Carousel – WordPress Owl Carousel Slider: from n/a through 1.4.0.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

This is a stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LogicHunt OWL Carousel WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input, allowing an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript that gets stored in the database and executes when other users view the affected carousel content.

MitigationUpdate to the latest version of the OWL Carousel plugin. If no patched version is available, disable or remove the plugin until a fix is released.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Owl CarouselWordPress extension
Affected:<= 1.4.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify plugin installation and version
    Access WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and locate 'Logichunt Owl Carousel' or check the plugin directory wp-content/plugins/owl-carousel/ for the main PHP file and read the version header comment
    Affected if The plugin is installed and the version number in the header is 1.4.0 or lower
  2. Identify carousel content creation access
    Check if any WordPress user roles have access to create or edit carousel content through the plugin admin interface (usually found under a dedicated Owl Carousel menu in wp-admin)
    Affected if Any WordPress user with contributor-level or higher access can create carousel entries, meaning untrusted input can be submitted
  3. Inspect stored carousel data for unsanitized input
    Query the WordPress database (typically wp_posts table with custom post_type if the plugin uses custom posts, or a custom table) to find carousel entries and examine their content fields for potentially malicious HTML/JavaScript
    Affected if Carousel entries exist in the database containing unescaped HTML tags, script tags, or event handler attributes like onerror, onclick, or javascript: URIs
  4. Test frontend carousel rendering for XSS execution
    Visit the website frontend where carousel content is displayed and inspect the page source to verify if stored content is rendered with proper HTML encoding
    Affected if Carousel content is displayed with raw HTML or JavaScript code visible in the page source without being entity-encoded

A user is affected if the Logichunt Owl Carousel plugin version 1.4.0 or lower is installed AND carousel content created by users is rendered on the frontend without proper sanitization.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.4.0
Interim mitigation

Update to the latest version of the OWL Carousel plugin. If no patched version is available, disable or remove the plugin until a fix is released.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Latest version beyond 1.4.0 (check WordPress plugin repository for current stable release)

  1. 1. Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
  2. 2. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. 3. Locate the 'Owl Carousel – WordPress Owl Carousel Slider' plugin by LogicHunt
  4. 4. Check if an update is available and update to the latest version
  5. 5. If no update appears in WordPress, manually download the latest version from the official WordPress plugin repository and reinstall

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Owl Carousel Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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