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CVE-2026-12385: Smart Slider 3 <= 3.5.1.37 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via WP_Query Parameter Injection via 'keyword' Parameter
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-13 · updated 2026-07-14
- Weakness: CWE-200
Description
The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.37 via the 'keyword' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract titles and full content excerpts of private, draft, pending, trashed, and auto-draft posts authored by any user, including Administrators and Editors. The required nonce is emitted on /wp-admin/post-new.php, which is accessible to Contributor-level users via the edit_posts capability, meaning any Contributor can obtain the nonce needed to trigger the injection.
Affected products
- nextendweb Smart Slider 3: through 3.5.1.37
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Content/ControllerAjaxContent.php#L15
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Content/ControllerAjaxContent.php#L22
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Content/WordPress/WordPressContent.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Content/WordPress/WordPressContent.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Form/WordPress/PlatformForm.php#L22
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3599123/smart-slider-3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a782d975-74ce-4265-9312-435b3585a5c6?source=cve
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