CVE-2023-25457 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-25457: WordPress Slider Carousel – Responsive Image Slider plugin <=1.5.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Richteam

Product Slider Carousel – Responsive Image Slider

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published May 3, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Richteam Slider Carousel – Responsive Image Slider.This issue affects Slider Carousel – Responsive Image Slider: from n/a through 1.5.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Slider Carousel – Responsive Image Slider versions up to 1.5.1 lack proper authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial-of-service condition. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and can be exploited remotely over the network. Site availability may be impacted if the plugin is actively used.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Make the site unavailable or unresponsive by triggering resource exhaustion.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Your site may become slow or temporarily unavailable if this plugin is installed and unpatched.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 3, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25457 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-25457

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 5.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions