TI-2025-01281 Aliases CVE-2025-1491 GHSA-g8mx-p6cm-prmq

WP Posts Carousel <= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via auto_play_timeout Parameter

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2025-03-01 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

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

Summary

The WP Posts Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘auto_play_timeout’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00294 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
teastudio.pl	WP Posts Carousel	up to 1.3.7	—	No fix listed	CNA

WP Posts Carousel Vendorteastudio.pl Affected up to 1.3.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1491
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g8mx-p6cm-prmq

References

Other 3

TI-2025-26100 WordPress WP Posts Carousel <= 1.3.12 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2025-26315 WordPress WP Posts Carousel plugin <= 1.3.10 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2025-22190 WordPress WP Posts Carousel plugin <= 1.3.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2025-22364 WordPress WP Posts Carousel plugin <= 1.3.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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