CVE-2024-12073

Summary

CVE-2024-12073 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Meteor Slides plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in all versions up to 1.5.7, enables authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts via the 'slide_url_value' parameter. These scripts execute whenever users visit injected pages, potentially leading to unintended actions or data exposure. The root cause is insufficient input sanitization and output escaping by the plugin.

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