CVE-2024-11766: samdani gs books showcase – display books in grid, slider & more | library for wordpress Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-11766 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in samdani gs books showcase – display books in grid, slider & more | library for wordpress. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.3.2.

Timeline

1. 12-12-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The WordPress Book Plugin for Displaying Books in Grid, Flip, Slider, Popup Layout and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'gs_book_showcase' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.