Responsive Accordion Slider: A security weakness
Responsive Accordion Slider is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Responsive Accordion Slider
- Plugin slug
responsive-accordion-slider- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 14, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 14, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Responsive Accordion Slider to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Responsive Accordion Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'resp_accordion_silder_save_images' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to modify any slider's image metadata including titles, descriptions, alt text, and links.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N