CVE-2026-12385

Smart Slider 3 <= 3.5.1.37 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via WP_Query Parameter Injection via 'keyword' Parameter

2026-07-13 06:13
Yuvraj Tomar

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.5.1.38
Affected Plugin
Smart Slider 3
Affected Version
<= 3.5.1.37
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE
CVE-2026-12385
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At a glance

CVE-2026-12385 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Smart Slider 3 WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.5.1.37. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.5.1.38; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2026, reported by Yuvraj Tomar.

Vulnerability Overview

The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.37 via the 'keyword' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract titles and full content excerpts of private, draft, pending, trashed, and auto-draft posts authored by any user, including Administrators and Editors. The required nonce is emitted on /wp-admin/post-new.php, which is accessible to Contributor-level users via the edit_posts capability, meaning any Contributor can obtain the nonce needed to trigger the injection.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Smart Slider 3 <= 3.5.1.37 carries this weakness at keyword, and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Smart Slider 3 the fix is 3.5.1.38: builds <= 3.5.1.37 are affected, anything from 3.5.1.38 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.5.1.38, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Smart Slider 3 3.5.1.38 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12385https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a782d975-74ce-4265-9312-435b3585a5c6https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12385

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