Post Carousel < 2.3.5 — Missing Capabilities Check
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Affected: <2.3.5Update to 2.3.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.3
- CVSS
- 7.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News post-carousel
- Affected< 2.3.5
- Patched in2.3.5
Update to 2.3.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 2.3.5. Version 2.3.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.3.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to WPScanTeam.
The Post Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on multiple functions in versions up to, and including, 2.3.4. This makes it possible for attackers to improperly access administrative actions.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User display_name via Author Filter block ≤4.0.9Update to 4.0.10 | CVE-2026-119160 | |
| Medium4.3 | 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference 4.0.0 – 4.0.7Update to 4.0.8 | CVE-2026-78150 | |
| Medium5.3 | 4.0.7 - Unauthenticated Password-Protected Post Content Disclosure 4.0.0 – 4.0.7Update to 4.0.8 | CVE-2026-78149 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection ≤3.0.12Update to 3.0.13 | CVE-2026-3017 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Pagination Color ≤3.0.0Update to 3.0.1 | CVE-2024-8187 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User display_name via Author Filter block
≤4.0.9Update to 4.0.10
- Medium4.34.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
4.0.0 – 4.0.7Update to 4.0.8
- Medium5.34.0.7 - Unauthenticated Password-Protected Post Content Disclosure
4.0.0 – 4.0.7Update to 4.0.8
- High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection
≤3.0.12Update to 3.0.13
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Pagination Color
≤3.0.0Update to 3.0.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.