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Smart Slider 3, CVE-2026-9197

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2026-9197

Application

Smart Slider 3

Published on
Jun 06, 2026
Research Description
The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.36 via the replaceHTMLImage function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Affected versions
max 3.5.1.37.
Status
vulnerable