Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Slider, Gallery, and Carousel Plugin by MetaSlider
CVE-2025-5337

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Slider, Gallery, And Carousel By Metaslider – Image Slider, Video Slider
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-5337?

The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel plugin by MetaSlider for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping related to the 'aria-label' parameter. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.98.0, allowing authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages. These scripts execute automatically when users access the affected pages, posing significant security risks for WordPress sites utilizing this plugin.

Affected Version(s)

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider * <= 3.98.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ml-slider/tags...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider/#developers

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Asaf Mozes
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CVE-2025-5337 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Slider, Gallery, and Carousel Plugin by MetaSlider