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CVE-2024-3027: Smart Slider 3 <= 3.5.1.22 - Missing Authorization to Limited File Upload

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the upload function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to upload files, including SVG files, which can be used to conduct stored cross-site scripting attacks.

Affected products

• nextendweb Smart Slider 3: through 3.5.1.22

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3069057%40smart-slider-3&old=2996377%40smart-slider-3&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/915f464f-449d-4ad2-9f43-6ce5d93ccb05?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3069057%40smart-slider-3&old=2996377%40smart-slider-3&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/915f464f-449d-4ad2-9f43-6ce5d93ccb05?source=cve

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