WordPress Slideshow SE plugin <= 2.5.17 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2024-06-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-35527

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in John West Slideshow SE allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Slideshow SE: from n/a through 2.5.17.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-21)

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

John West Slideshow SE

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/slideshow-se/wordpress-slideshow-se-plugin-2-5-17-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabili
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-35769
NVD CVE-2024-35769

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary