CVE-2026-3098

Impact

The Smart Slider 3 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.33 via the 'actionExportAll' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected packages

This record carries no package version data, so it cannot be matched against a dependency list automatically. Read the advisory and compare your version by hand.

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-slider-3/tags/3.5.1.32/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Application/Admin/Sliders/ControllerSliders.php#L57
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3489689/smart-slider-3
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2026-3098/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2ce9caf-2ca2-401c-acc7-76be2fd72f36?source=cve