Overview
A vulnerability in the Smart Slider 3 WordPress plugin, active on more than 800,000 websites, can be exploited to allow subscriber-level users access to arbitrary files on the server.
Organisations Involved
The following organisations are mentioned in relation to this incident: Smart Slider.
Multi-Source Coverage
This event has been reported across multiple outlets:
- File read flaw in Smart Slider plugin impacts 500K WordPress sites — bleepingcomputer
Sources: bleepingcomputer. Aggregated by Cybernews Agency pipeline.