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Stored cross-site scripting in Social Slider Feed WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00216 12th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
themeisleSocial Slider Feed – Social Media Feed & Gallery Widgetsup to 2.3.8—No fix listedCNA
  • Social Slider Feed – Social Media Feed & Gallery Widgets Vendorthemeisle Affected up to 2.3.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

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

  1. 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121519
  2. 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-p668-6h8q-p85q
  3. 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-11-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

  • TI-2017-14315 WordPress Insert PHP Plugin < 3.3.1 PHP Code Injection via REST API CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2023-02146 Otter - Gutenberg Blocks < 2.2.6 - Author+ PHAR Deserialization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-20819 WordPress Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 2.9.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-12631 A blind SSRF vulnerability exists in the Visualizer plugin before 3.3.1 for WordPress via… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-02115 Product Addons & Fields for WooCommerce < 32.0.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2022-04265 RSS Aggregator by Feedzy < 4.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
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