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
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ≤ 3.5.1.37
References (7)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a782d975-74ce-4265-9312-435b3585a5c6?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Content/WordPress/WordPressContent.php#L45 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Content/WordPress/WordPressContent.php#L20 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Content/ControllerAjaxContent.php#L22 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Content/ControllerAjaxContent.php#L15 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.37/Nextend/Framework/Form/WordPress/PlatformForm.php#L22 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3599123/smart-slider-3 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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