FKIE_CVE-2026-3098

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-27 04:16 - Updated: 2026-04-24 16:35
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.33 via the 'actionExportAll' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.32/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Application/Admin/Sliders/ControllerSliders.php#L57
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3489689/smart-slider-3
security@wordfence.comhttps://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2026-3098/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2ce9caf-2ca2-401c-acc7-76be2fd72f36?source=cve
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