TI-2025-04792 Aliases CVE-2025-5337 GHSA-vhxw-84g6-ch4r

Cross-site scripting in MetaSlider Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image…

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2025-06-14 · 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 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘aria-label’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.98.0 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 0.00267 18th 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
MetaSlider	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider	up to 3.98.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider VendorMetaSlider Affected up to 3.98.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:metaslider:slider\,_gallery\,_and_carousel::::::wordpress::*	before 3.99.0	Vulnerable	MetaSlider

cpe:2.3:a:metaslider:slider\,_gallery\,_and_carousel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.99.0 Vulnerable ·MetaSlider

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5337
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vhxw-84g6-ch4r

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3309932/ml-slider/tags/3.99.0/assets/metaslider/script.js

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e6492e5-a506-4d77-96d2-08f700b6ee76?source=cve

Other 2

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-2025-00901 Slider, Gallery, Carousel by MetaSlider < 3.95.0 - Editor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
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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