Medium 6.4Published Aug 27, 2026

CVE-2026-15798Smart Slider 3 <= 3.5.1.38 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'slider' Block Attribute

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 4:40 AM ET)

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The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'slider' Block Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.38 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The injected scripts execute specifically when a user opens the affected post in the WordPress block editor, making Editors and Administrators the primary targets.

CVSS: 6.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

nextendweb Smart Slider 3 nextendweb:smart_slider_3 (from the name)	through 3.5.1.38	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5c045e2-a6be-425f-a4f3-1e79badf738b?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.38/Public/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Integration/Gutenberg/Assets/dist/gutenberg-block.js#L51
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.38/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Integration/Gutenberg/Gutenberg.php#L55
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.38/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Shortcode/Shortcode.php#L270
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.34/Public/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Integration/Gutenberg/Assets/dist/gutenberg-block.js#L51
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.34/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Integration/Gutenberg/Gutenberg.php#L55
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.34/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Shortcode/Shortcode.php#L270
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3654530/smart-slider-3/trunk/Public/SmartSlider3/Platform/WordPress/Integration/Gutenberg/Assets/dist/gutenberg-block.js
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fsmart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.38&new_path=%2Fsmart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.39

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