Stored cross-site scripting in Social Slider Feed WordPress plugin
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 Social Slider Feed plugin for WordPress from themeisle is affected in all versions up to and including 2.3.8. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the slidespeed parameter enables stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An authenticated attacker with Subscriber-level access can inject scripts that run whenever a user views a page with the feed. A missing capability check also lets Subscriber users overwrite feed settings.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
The Social Slider Feed – Social Media Feed & Gallery Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'slidespeed' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The missing current_user_can() check in the Factory framework's connect() dispatcher allows Subscriber-level users to bypass the manage_options capability gate and both harvest a valid wis_edit_feed nonce and overwrite any feed's slidespeed setting, after which the stored payload fires on every public pageview embedding the feed shortcode.
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
The sources list no fixed version for Social Slider Feed (Social Media Feed & Gallery Widgets).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121519
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-p668-6h8q-p85q
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ae890e7-a5b6-41c5-bc30-792c0b9272a6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instagram-slider-widget/tags/2.3.8/components/instagram/html_templates/templates/slider.php#L67
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instagram-slider-widget/tags/2.3.8/libs/factory/pages/includes/admin-page.class.php#L342
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instagram-slider-widget/tags/2.3.8/admin/pages/feeds.php#L219
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instagram-slider-widget/tags/2.3.8/includes/class-feeds.php#L105
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instagram-slider-widget/tags/2.3.8/components/instagram/html_templates/templates/slider-overlay.php#L72
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instagram-slider-widget/tags/2.3.9
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Sources
- CVE-2026-121519 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121519 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p668-6h8q-p85q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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