# Smart Slider 3

> Responsive slider plugin to create sliders in visual editor easily. Build beautiful image slider, layer slider, video slider, post slider, and more.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 10:35 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `smart-slider-3`
- Author: Nextendweb
- Version: 3.5.1.40
- Active installs: 800,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-28 (17 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.0, PHP 7.0
- Tags: carousel slider, gallery, image slider, slider, slideshow
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-slider-3/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 17 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-09-30 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-href' Attribute in Custom HTML Block (up to 3.5.1.38). CVE-2026-14876, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d882db3-b92e-4b3b-a07e-fa30fed85364?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-28 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'slider' Block Attribute (up to 3.5.1.38). CVE-2026-15798, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5c045e2-a6be-425f-a4f3-1e79badf738b?source=api-prod
- 2026-07-13 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via WP_Query Parameter Injection via 'keyword'... (up to 3.5.1.37). CVE-2026-12385, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a782d975-74ce-4265-9312-435b3585a5c6?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-06 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'src'/'srcset' Attribute in HTML Export (up to 3.5.1.36). CVE-2026-9197, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/059c2d6d-1296-4463-96ae-a95ba7dad70a?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-07 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Slider Data Read and Image Record Manipulation (up to 3.5.1.33). CVE-2026-4065, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53a08b59-b7e0-419a-bfc3-528bcddb1ac2?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-26 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read via actionExportAll (up to 3.5.1.33). CVE-2026-3098, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2ce9caf-2ca2-401c-acc7-76be2fd72f36?source=api-prod
- 2025-07-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via `sliderid` Parameter (up to 3.5.1.28). CVE-2025-6348, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/188baddc-134c-4a82-898b-9b038e795893?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-12 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Limited File Upload (up to 3.5.1.22). CVE-2024-3027, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/915f464f-449d-4ad2-9f43-6ce5d93ccb05?source=api-prod
- 2023-02-28 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.5.1.13). CVE-2023-0660, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0191e5b0-b669-439b-8ad4-9f860e6ee637?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-23 HIGH: Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection (up to 3.5.1.9). CVE-2022-45845, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ae81917e-0367-4c64-9254-fd74751ada48?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-23 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.5.1.9). CVE-2022-45843, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c192425a-1e2d-4f7d-bd88-3a594d70a461?source=api-prod
- 2022-10-10 HIGH: PHP Object Injection (up to 3.5.1.9). CVE-2022-3357, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/565b4026-0807-449d-a78e-798da53c3f52?source=api-prod
- 2021-06-07 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 3.5.0.9). CVE-2021-24382, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6c57f27b-2441-4f16-ab4b-bfb68b7b793f?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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