Known vulnerabilities in Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider

Display your blog posts with a responsive, customizable slider that works smoothly on all devices.

1Reported vulnerabilities

5.4Highest CVSS score

2.2.1Latest version

7,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider to 2.1 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: November 21, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.8.8 / 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-2023-5362	Medium 5.4	0.5%	Before 2.1	`2.1`	October 30, 2023

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