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Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider vulnerabilities

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider has 1 known vulnerability in this database. The most recent published record is dated 30 Oct 2023.

Known vulnerabilities
1
Active installs
7,000+
Latest version
2.2.1
Last updated
21 Nov 2025
Most recent
30 Oct 2023

Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.

VulnerabilitySeverityAffectedFixPublished
Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVE-2023-5362
Medium 6.4Before 2.1Fixed in 2.130 Oct 2023
Read the published descriptions
CVE-2023-5362, 30 Oct 2023
The Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'spice_post_slider' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE record

What to do if you run Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider

If you run Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.

If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.

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