Known vulnerabilities in Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News

Display posts in Grid, Carousel, Slider, Timeline, List & Live Filter layouts with Gutenberg Blocks & Ready Patterns - Elementor, Divi, & Shortcodes.

7Reported vulnerabilities

7.3Highest CVSS score

4.0.6Latest version

20,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News to 4.0.8 or later. 7 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 27, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2023-0097	Medium 5.4	0.5%	Before 2.4.19	`2.4.19`	January 30, 2023
CVE-2024-8187	Medium 4.8	0.3%	Before 3.0.1	`3.0.1`	May 15, 2025
CVE-2024-3996	Low 3.5	0.3%	Before 2.4.28	`2.4.28`	May 15, 2025
CVE-2026-3017	High 7.2	0.7%	0 to 3.0.12 (inclusive)	`3.0.13`	April 14, 2026
WF-3f2d6c42-4baa-4d15-934f-0f8998c7d654	High 7.3	—	Before 2.3.5	`2.3.5`	August 16, 2021
CVE-2026-78149	Medium 5.3	0.3%	4.0.0 to 4.0.7 (inclusive)	`4.0.8`	September 3, 2026
CVE-2026-78150	Medium 4.3	0.3%	4.0.0 to 4.0.7 (inclusive)	`4.0.8`	September 5, 2026

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.