CVE-2025-8418

Published: Aug 12, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The B Slider- Gutenberg Slider Block for WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Plugin Installation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.30. This is due to missing capability checks on the activated_plugin function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins on the server which can make remote code execution possible.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (3)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/b-slider/tags/1.1.28/adminMenu.php#L124

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3342079/b-slider/trunk/adminMenu.php

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/deffd646-5117-4086-bf4b-8a17ffdaad8b?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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