CVE-2026-18400
The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'delay' Post Meta Setting in all versions up to, and including, 3.111.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The ml-slider custom post type is registered without custom capability restrictions and the ml-slider_settings meta key is unprotected, allowing Author-level users to set the malicious delay value via XML-RPC custom_fields when creating an ml-slider post.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.43%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 36
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.106.0/inc/slider/metaslider.class.php#L54
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.106.0/inc/slider/metaslider.class.php#L660
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.106.0/inc/slider/metaslider.flex.class.php#L346
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.106.0/ml-slider.php#L449
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.106.0/ml-slider.php#L604
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.111.0/inc/slider/metaslider.class.php#L54
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.111.0/inc/slider/metaslider.class.php#L660
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.111.0/inc/slider/metaslider.flex.class.php#L346
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.111.0/ml-slider.php#L449
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags/3.111.0/ml-slider.php#L604
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3633208/ml-slider/trunk/inc/slider/metaslider.class.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fml-slider/tags/3.111.0&new_path=%2Fml-slider/tags/3.111.1
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f0082c6-c040-4244-be7b-b133fd24d093?source=cve
JSON original (NVD)
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