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CVE-2025-8418: bplugins bslider – create responsive image, post, product, and video sliders Missing Authorization

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighDeferred
Published 12-08-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-8418 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Missing Authorization vulnerability in bplugins bslider – create responsive image, post, product, and video sliders. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.63%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.60% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.63%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bplugins1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • b-slider≤ 1.1.30 (fixed in 2.0.0)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links