Content Grid Slider

Content Grid Slider has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.1, and the most serious one scores 6.1 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Content Grid Slider has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.

All of these findings were reported by Nguyen Xuan Chien. Content Grid Slider is installed on roughly 40 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.0.38.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.1/ 10
Patch Coverage0%
Open

1

Fixed

0

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Most severe open issueCVSS 6.1CVE-2025-68879

Content Grid Slider <= 1.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

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Latestv1.5

Content Grid Slider

councilsoft

Author

councilsoft

4.4(14)
88/100
Last Updated
2014-09-12 (12y ago)
Active Installs
40+
Downloads
12,979
Requires WP
3.5+
Requires PHP
0+
Tested up to
WP 4.0.38
Created
2014-04-25 (13y ago)

Plugin’s Link Plugin’s Demo Content Grid Slider uses custom post type for slides. This plugin allows you to add a carousel type grid slider with posts containing text and a custom link to redirect on a custom page by using custom posts. You can make different groups of posts depending upon your requirements. You can add custom page URL’s to your posts where you want to redirect users. You can use this on pages(recommended), widgets and even in your template files via shortcode. You have full control over their grouping and their sort order. A new feature of preview in color settings page has also been added. You can also see the live preview of slider while changing colors without actually saving it. If you see any formatting while copying the shortcode in visual mode, please remove formatting from wordpress dashboard. Steps to follow for creating grid slider with content Go to &#8216;Grid Slider’ and click on &#8216;Add New Slide’ Give title, and short description(3-4 list items recommended) Set feature image for post thumbnail Additionally you can select Target Page URL, where you want to redirect your user on read more link. You can select a page, a post or even a custom page URL for redirecting Page. You can also select Target attribute whether you want to open link in same window or another window. Then you can use shortcode according to your needs We recommend you to use one slider per page Simple Usage (Shortcode) [content-slider] Simple Usage (PHP) <?php echo do_shortcode('[content-slider]'); ?> Advanced Usage (Shortcode) [content-slider groups=3 orderby=ID] Advanced Usage (PHP) <?php echo do_shortcode('[content-slider groups=3 orderby=ID]'); ?> Additional Features Set Page URL – URL on which you want to add Read More link Shortcode – Add rotating slides(in grids) like carousel slider to pages or Text Widget using the [content-slider] shortcode. PHP Function – Embed Content Grid Slider in your template files with do_shortcode(&#8216;[content-slider]’) function. Content Grid Slider Groups – Set up &#8216;Groups’ to display different groups of grid slides in different places. (Example: Home Page, portfolio, Products, etc…)

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