Image Hover Effects For Elementor With Lightbox And FlipboxWordPress extension · Oxilab
CVE-2024-37546
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 · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in biplob018 Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel: from n/a through 3.0.2.
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 confidenceStored XSS vulnerability in the Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel WordPress plugin (versions through 3.0.2). The plugin fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before rendering it in web pages, allowing attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code that executes when other users view the affected content.
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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
Image Hover Effects For Elementor With Lightbox And FlipboxWordPress extension
<= 3.0.2CVSS 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify the plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Image Hover Effects - Caption Hover with Carousel' or 'Oxilab Image Hover Effects For Elementor With Lightbox And Flipbox'. Note if it appears in the list.Affected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list.
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Check the installed version numberIn the Plugins list, find the plugin and look at the version number displayed below the plugin name. Compare this version against the affected range (3.0.2 and earlier).Affected if The installed version is 3.0.2 or any earlier version.
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Identify if the plugin functionality is actively usedCheck your pages, posts, or widgets for any Image Hover Effects shortcodes or blocks that display the plugin's content. Look for any published content using this plugin's features.Affected if The plugin is installed and actively rendering content on the site.
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Inspect input fields used by the pluginIf you have access to the plugin settings or any frontend forms it provides, identify input fields where users can enter text that gets stored and displayed (such as captions, titles, or descriptions for image hover effects).Affected if User-supplied input fields exist and are accessible without admin-only restrictions.
You are affected if the plugin is installed at version 3.0.2 or earlier and is actively displaying content that accepts user-supplied input.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to the latest version immediately. If no patched version is available, disable the plugin until a fix is released. Consider implementing additional output escaping as a temporary workaround.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-37546 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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