XSS in Metaslider Slider\,_gallery\,_and_carousel

CVE-2025-1062

The Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider WordPress plugin before 3.95.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even whe…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1062?
CVE-2025-1062 is a low-severity vulnerability in Metaslider Slider\,_gallery\,_and_carousel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2025-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2025-1062?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-1062 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.