CVE-2024-12043: bdthemes prime_slider Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-12043 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in bdthemes prime_slider. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.1% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 3.16.6.
Timeline
- 23-01-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Prime Slider – Addons For Elementor (Revolution of a slider, Hero Slider, Post Slider and Ecommerce Slider) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'social_link_title' parameter of the 'blog' widget in all versions up to, and including, 3.16.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
12%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Bdthemes2 products
- prime_slider< 3.16.6
- prime slider – addons for elementor≤ 3.16.5
Wordpress1 product
- bdthemes-prime-slider-lite≤ 3.16.5 (fixed in 3.16.6)
2 vendors · 3 products