nextendweb Smart Slider 3 Plugin up to 3.5.1.37 on WordPress wp-admin/post-new.php keyword information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in nextendweb Smart Slider 3 Plugin up to 3.5.1.37. This affects an unknown function of the file wp-admin/post-new.php. The manipulation of the argument keyword leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-12385. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in nextendweb Smart Slider 3 Plugin up to 3.5.1.37. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file wp-admin/post-new.php. The manipulation of the argument keyword with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.37 via the 'keyword' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract titles and full content excerpts of private, draft, pending, trashed, and auto-draft posts authored by any user, including Administrators and Editors. The required nonce is emitted on /wp-admin/post-new.php, which is accessible to Contributor-level users via the edit_posts capability, meaning any Contributor can obtain the nonce needed to trigger the injection.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-12385 since 06/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• nextendweb

Name

• Smart Slider 3 Plugin

Version

• 3.5.1.0
• 3.5.1.1
• 3.5.1.2
• 3.5.1.3
• 3.5.1.4
• 3.5.1.5
• 3.5.1.6
• 3.5.1.7
• 3.5.1.8
• 3.5.1.9
• 3.5.1.10
• 3.5.1.11
• 3.5.1.12
• 3.5.1.13
• 3.5.1.14
• 3.5.1.15
• 3.5.1.16
• 3.5.1.17
• 3.5.1.18
• 3.5.1.19
• 3.5.1.20
• 3.5.1.21
• 3.5.1.22
• 3.5.1.23
• 3.5.1.24
• 3.5.1.25
• 3.5.1.26
• 3.5.1.27
• 3.5.1.28
• 3.5.1.29
• 3.5.1.30
• 3.5.1.31
• 3.5.1.32
• 3.5.1.33
• 3.5.1.34
• 3.5.1.35
• 3.5.1.36
• 3.5.1.37

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