WordPress WP Posts Carousel Plugin <= 1.3.12 is vulnerable to a medium priority PHP Object Injection

Medium priority Mitigation available
<= 1.3.12Vulnerable version(s)
1.3.13Fixed version

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Risks

CVSS 8.8

This vulnerability is moderately dangerous and expected to become exploited.

8.8

PHP Object Injection

This could allow a malicious actor to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, denial of service, and more if a proper POP chain is present.

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Solutions

We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.

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Update to version 1.3.13 or later.

Update to version 1.3.13 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.

Details

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Timeline

29 May, 2025

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