CVE-2024-54412
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in etemplates ECT Product Carousel ect-product-carousel allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ECT Product Carousel: from n/a through <= 1.9.
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 · high confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in ECT Product Carousel plugin versions <= 1.9 allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into submitting malicious requests that inject Stored XSS payloads into the carousel content. The lack of CSRF token validation on plugin forms enables attackers to craft malicious links that, when clicked by an admin, will persist malicious scripts to the database.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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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Identify ECT Product Carousel plugin installationLocate the ECT Product Carousel plugin in your WordPress installation plugins directory or via the WordPress admin plugins list. Note the installed version number displayed alongside the plugin.Affected if The plugin is installed and the version number displayed is 1.9 or lower.
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Compare installed version to affected rangeCompare the version you identified in step 1 against the affected version range. The vulnerability exists in versions 1.9 and below.Affected if Your installed version is 1.9 or any version number lower than 1.9.
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Inspect plugin source code for CSRF protectionExamine the main plugin PHP files, particularly form handlers and AJAX action callbacks. Look for the presence of wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, or similar nonce verification functions when processing state-changing requests.Affected if No nonce verification is found in form processing or AJAX action handlers, indicating CSRF protection is missing.
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Check carousel content for suspicious entriesAccess the database table where carousel content is stored (typically wp_options or a custom carousel table). Inspect stored content for unsanitized script tags, iframe elements, or event handlers that may indicate XSS payloads.Affected if The database contains unexpected script tags, javascript: URIs, or HTML elements in carousel content that were not authored by your admin team.
Your environment is affected if the ECT Product Carousel plugin is installed at version 1.9 or lower, lacks CSRF nonce validation in its forms, or already contains suspicious XSS payloads in carousel data.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all state-changing forms and AJAX actions in the plugin, and ensure all user-supplied input is properly sanitized before storage and escaped on output.
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