CVE-2026-7636 | Slider by Soliloquy <= 2.8.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Disclosure via REST API Endpoint

The Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1 via the map_meta_cap. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract draft slider metadata including unpublished media URLs, captions, and slider configuration authored by administrators or editors.

Published: 2026-05-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-7636 is rated Low Risk (22.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-7636

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.03% 0.24% +0.21%
2 2026-05-22 0.03%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-7636

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-7636

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-7636

GHSA-273r-585g-q7wv · Severity: medium — The Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress plugin for WordPress is...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-7636

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-7636

URL Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/soliloquy-lite/tags/2.8.1/includes/global/posttype.php#L125
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/soliloquy-lite/tags/2.8.1/includes/global/posttype.php#L177
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/soliloquy-lite/tags/2.8.1/includes/global/posttype.php#L90
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/soliloquy-lite/trunk/includes/global/posttype.php#L125
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/soliloquy-lite/trunk/includes/global/posttype.php#L177
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/soliloquy-lite/trunk/includes/global/posttype.php#L90
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3538404/soliloquy-lite/trunk/includes/global/posttype.php?old=3395148&old_path=soliloquy-lite%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fglobal%2Fposttype.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/54115a9a-dadd-4f18-a139-02ec89f0a571?source=cve
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