CVE-2021-24506: Quantumcloud Slider Hero

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker WordPress plugin before 8.2.7 does not sanitise or escape the id attribute of its hero-button shortcode before using it in a SQL statement, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform SQL injection.

Affected products

• Quantumcloud Slider Hero: before 8.2.7 (fixed in 8.2.7)

Published 2021-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.