Smart Slider 3 <= 3.5.1.9 — Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection
CVE-2022-45845Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.5.1.9Update to 3.5.1.11 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-502 PHP Object Injection
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Smart Slider 3 smart-slider-3
- Affected≤ 3.5.1.9
- Patched in3.5.1.11
Update to 3.5.1.11 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.5.1.9. Version 3.5.1.11 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 Slider 3.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.5.1.11, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Smart Slider 3 to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Dave Jong.
The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.9 via deserialization of untrusted input. This allows contributor-level attackers to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
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
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-href' Attribute in Custom HTML Block ≤3.5.1.38Update to 3.5.1.39 | CVE-2026-14876 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'slider' Block Attribute ≤3.5.1.38Update to 3.5.1.39 | CVE-2026-15798 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via WP_Query Parameter Injection via 'keyword' Parameter ≤3.5.1.37Update to 3.5.1.38 | CVE-2026-12385 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'src'/'srcset' Attribute in HTML Export ≤3.5.1.36Update to 3.5.1.37 | CVE-2026-9197 | |
| Medium5.4 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Slider Data Read and Image Record Manipulation ≤3.5.1.33Update to 3.5.1.34 | CVE-2026-4065 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-href' Attribute in Custom HTML Block
≤3.5.1.38Update to 3.5.1.39
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'slider' Block Attribute
≤3.5.1.38Update to 3.5.1.39
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via WP_Query Parameter Injection via 'keyword' Parameter
≤3.5.1.37Update to 3.5.1.38
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'src'/'srcset' Attribute in HTML Export
≤3.5.1.36Update to 3.5.1.37
- Medium5.4Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Slider Data Read and Image Record Manipulation
≤3.5.1.33Update to 3.5.1.34
Same weakness (PHP Object Injection)
All PHP Object Injection| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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