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LayerSlider <= 4.6.1 — Path Traversal

7801d3e1-90aa-434d-ae3d-9f19670280c0Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤4.6.1Update to 5.2.0 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium6.5
CVSS
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:N Integrity
None
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

LayerSlider LayerSlider

  1. Affected≤ 4.6.1
  2. Patched in5.2.0

Update to 5.2.0 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 4.6.1. Version 5.2.0 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under LayerSlider.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 5.2.0, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch LayerSlider to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Akastep.

The LayerSlider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions up to, and including, 4.6.1 via the LayerSlider/editor.php skin parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in LayerSlider

All 10
More vulnerabilities in LayerSlider
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤8.4.0Update to 8.4.1
CVE-2026-97253
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ls_search_form Shortcode
7.11.0 – 7.11.0Update to 7.11.1
CVE-2024-4575
Critical9.87.10.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
7.9.11 – 7.10.0Update to 7.10.1
CVE-2024-2879
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤7.7.9Update to 7.7.10
CVE-2023-47786
Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤7.7.9Update to 7.7.10
CVE-2023-47785

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

  2. 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.

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