CVE-2024-11766
WordPress Book Plugin for Displaying Books in Grid, Flip, Slider, Popup Layout and more <= 1.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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 | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | samdani |
| Product | gs books showcase – display books in grid, slider & more | library for wordpress |
| Published | Dec 12, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
samdani / GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress
0 ≤ 1.3.1
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3b40b73-4dec-4a96-a634-3bd3d74616ba?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gs-books-showcase/tags/1.3.1/gs-bookshowcase-files/includes/templates/gs_bookshowcase_structure_1_square.php#L24 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3204642%40gs-books-showcase&new=3204642%40gs-books-showcase&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Credits
Peter Thaleikis