CVE-2023-40200 PUBLISHED

WordPress WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel plugin <= 3.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 10.08.2023 Published: 11.06.2026 Updated: 11.06.2026

Authorization bypass through User-Controlled key vulnerability in Essential Plugin WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

This issue affects WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel: from n/a through 3.6.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Essential Plugin
Product	WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from n/a to 3.6 (incl.)

Solutions

Update the WordPress WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel plugin to the latest available version (at least 3.7).

Credits

Abdi Pranata | Patchstack Bug Bounty Progran finder

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-logo-showcase-responsive-slider-slider/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-logo-showcase-responsive-slider-and-carousel-plugin-3-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Problem Types

CWE-639 Authorization bypass through User-Controlled key CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-180 Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels