CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-4065
The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to missing capability checks on multiple wp_ajax_smart-slider3 controller actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.33. The display_admin_ajax() method does not call checkForCap() (which requires unfiltered_html capability), and several controller actions only validate the nonce (validateToken()) without calling validatePermission(). This makes it possible for authenticated attacke
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Smart Slider 3","vendor":"nextendweb","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.5.1.33","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":5.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b114f631edac0fd2ce84bcf4169a863b5e008deb15dd53ab0d2c24f2ceff35 · sha256:c4fd1661f1f62281… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
7 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.32/Nextend/Framework/Image/ControllerAjaxImage.php#L37"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.32/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Application/Admin/Sliders/ControllerAjaxSliders.php#L26"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.32/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Admin/AdminHelper.php#L155"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.32/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/HelperTinyMCE.php#L30"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b114f631edac0fd2ce84bcf4169a863b5e008deb15dd53ab0d2c24f2ceff35 · sha256:c4fd1661f1f62281… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/trunk/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Admin/AdminHelper.php#L155"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b114f631edac0fd2ce84bcf4169a863b5e008deb15dd53ab0d2c24f2ceff35 · sha256:c4fd1661f1f62281… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3489689%40smart-slider-3%2Ftrunk&old=3439582%40smart-slider-3%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53a08b59-b7e0-419a-bfc3-528bcddb1ac2?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
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