The Thumbnail carousel slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Thumbnail carousel slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.0. This is due to missing nonce validation on the deleteselected function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete sliders in bulk via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5821
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mgv4-792h-cfj5
References
Advisory 3
More nik00726 Thumbnail Carousel Slider vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01799 Thumbnail carousel slider < 1.1.10 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2015-08072 Responsive Thumbnail Slider < 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-01993 Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.1.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2019-15276 Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
Sources
- CVE-2023-5821 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-5821 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mgv4-792h-cfj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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