Slider Revolution: A security weakness
Slider Revolution 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
- Slider Revolution
- Plugin slug
slider-revolution- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 09, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal
This CVE was published Oct 09, 2025 and is one of 14 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Slider Revolution 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 Slider Revolution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 6.7.37. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to install and activate plugin add-ons, create sliders, and download arbitrary files.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N