Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Mass Slider Deletion
| CVE | CVE-2023-5821 |
|---|---|
| CVSS | 4.3 (Medium) |
| Publicly Published | October 26, 2023 |
| Last Updated | January 22, 2024 |
| Researcher |
Ala Arfaoui
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Description
The Thumbnail carousel slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.0. This is due to missing nonce validation on the deleteselected function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete sliders in bulk via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Vulnerability Details for Responsive Thumbnail Slider
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | wp-responsive-thumbnail-slider (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 1.0.1, or a newer patched version |
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Recent vulnerabilities in Responsive Thumbnail Slider
| # | Title | CVE ID | CVSS | Researchers | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Responsive Thumbnail Slider < 1.1.53 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'id' Parameter | CVE-2026-18344 | Wordfence PRISM | July 31, 2026 | |
| 2 | Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection | CVE-2019-25222 | Ala Arfaoui | March 14, 2025 | |
| 3 | Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.1.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2023-1915 | Chien Vuong | April 18, 2023 | |
| 4 | Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.1.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2023-2120 | Marco Wotschka | April 17, 2023 | |
| 5 | Thumbnail carousel slider < 1.0.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery | Arash Khazaei | December 28, 2020 | ||
| 6 | Responsive Thumbnail Slider < 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload | CVE-2015-10144 | Arash Khazaei | August 29, 2015 |
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