CVE-2025-8418

high

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.

References

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-12

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00183