WordPress plugin · post-carousel
Is Smart Post safe?
Safe on 4.0.9 or newer.
The current version, 4.0.9, is past every affected range on record (5 of 5 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 5
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 4.0.9
- Last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- Active installs
- 20,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Sep 5, 2026Smart Post: Does not check the typeCVE-2026-78150 · fixed in 4.0.8 · reported by WPScanLow 2.7
- Sep 5, 2026Smart Post: Does not check whether a post is password protected before returning its content and its stored password through an unauthenticated AJAX actionCVE-2026-78149 · fixed in 4.0.8 · reported by WPScanMedium 5.3
- Apr 14, 2026Smart Post Show – Post Grid, Post Carousel & Slider, and List Category Posts: PHP Object InjectionCVE-2026-3017 · affects up to 3.0.12 · reported by WordfenceHigh 7.2
- May 15, 2025Smart Post Show: Does not sanitise and escape some of its settingsCVE-2024-8187 · fixed in 3.0.1 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
- May 15, 2025Smart Post Show: Does not sanitise and escape some of its settingsCVE-2024-3996 · fixed in 2.4.28 · reported by WPScanLow 3.5
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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