TI-2025-00901 Aliases CVE-2025-1062 GHSA-wgx4-5qgj-vf8m

Slider, Gallery, Carousel by MetaSlider < 3.95.0 - Editor+ Stored XSS

MEDIUM 50CWE-79Published 2025-03-24 · Updated 2025-03-24

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider WordPress plugin before 3.95.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00267 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix Fixed Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider (Unknown): 3.95.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider	before 3.95.0	3.95.0	Patch available	CNA

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider VendorUnknown Affected before 3.95.0 Fixed in 3.95.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:metaslider:slider\,_gallery\,_and_carousel::::::wordpress::*	before 3.95.0	Vulnerable	MetaSlider

cpe:2.3:a:metaslider:slider\,_gallery\,_and_carousel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.95.0 Vulnerable ·MetaSlider

Remediation

Fix · CNA Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider (Unknown) Fixed in 3.95.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2025-03-24
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider 3.95.0
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-01028 Slider, Gallery, Carousel by MetaSlider < 3.95.0 - Editor+ Stored XSSPriority MEDIUM 50
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1062
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wgx4-5qgj-vf8m

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/657b355b-e38f-46d6-b574-7ce736d25f31/

TI-2023-01392 Responsive WordPress Slideshows 3.29.0 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2025-01028 Slider, Gallery, Carousel by MetaSlider < 3.95.0 - Editor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
TI-2025-04792 Cross-site scripting in MetaSlider Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2024-03080 Cross-site scripting in MetaSlider Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2022-02617 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider < 3.27.9 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

Sources

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