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CVE-2025-3863: Post Carousel Slider for Elementor <= 1.6.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization via process_wbelps_promo_form Function

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2025-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Post Carousel Slider for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper authorization due to a missing capability check on the process_wbelps_promo_form() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger the plugin’s support‐form handler to send arbitrary emails to the site’s support address.

Affected products

• plugindevs Post Carousel Slider for Elementor: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: plugindevs Post Carousel Slider for Elementor 1.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-carousel-slider-for-elementor/tags/1.5.0/support-page/class-support-page.php#L28
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3316424%40post-carousel-slider-for-elementor&new=3316424%40post-carousel-slider-for-elementor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-carousel-slider-for-elementor/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b92afdf-51e0-4cf5-9f2b-997b9ff98b23?source=cve

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