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What this plugin does

  • Slug: depicter
  • Author: averta
  • 80000+ active installs
  • 92/100 rating (233 reviews on wordpress.org)
  • 2072203 all-time downloads
  • On WordPress.org since 2022-06-01

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Maintenance status

  • Last updated: 2026-01-14 10:42am GMT
  • Tested up to WordPress: 6.9.5
  • Requires PHP: 7.4.0+

Known vulnerabilities

14 known CVEs on file for Depicter.

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2025-11370 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 4.7.0 Missing Authorization Medium 5.3 < 4.7.0 4.7.0 2026-01-05
CVE-2025-68558 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 4.0.5 Missing Authorization Medium 6.5 < 4.0.5 4.0.5 2026-01-05
CVE-2025-11373 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 4.0.5 Missing Authorization Medium 4.3 < 4.0.5 4.0.5 2025-11-04
CVE-2024-4633 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 3.2.2 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 6.4 < 3.2.2 3.2.2 2024-12-05
CVE-2024-47359 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 3.5.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Medium 5.3 < 3.5.0 3.5.0 2024-09-30
CVE-2024-47381 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 3.5.0 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 5.9 < 3.5.0 3.5.0 2024-09-30
CVE-2024-4389 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 3.1.2 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type High 8.8 < 3.1.2 3.1.2 2024-08-13
CVE-2024-43161 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 3.2.0 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 4.8 < 3.2.0 3.2.0 2024-08-07

CVE-2025-11370

The Popup and Slider Builder by Depicter – Add Email collecting Popup, Popup Modal, Coupon Popup, Image Slider, Carousel Slider, Post Slider Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'store' function of the RulesAjaxController class in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update pop-up display settings.

Source: CVE.org

CVE-2025-68558

The Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

Source: Wordfence

CVE-2025-11373

The Popup and Slider Builder by Depicter – Add Email collecting Popup, Popup Modal, Coupon Popup, Image Slider, Carousel Slider, Post Slider Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability checks in the "depicter-media-upload" AJAX route in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to upload limited files on the affected site's server.

Source: CVE.org

CVE-2024-4633

The Slider and Carousel slider by Depicter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘addExtraMimeType’ function in versions up to, and including, 3.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Source: CVE.org

CVE-2024-47359

The Slider & Popup Builder by Depicter – Add Image Slider, Carousel Slider, Exit Intent Popup, Popup Modal, Coupon Popup, Post Slider Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

Source: Wordfence

CVE-2024-47381

The Slider & Popup Builder by Depicter – Add Image Slider, Carousel Slider, Exit Intent Popup, Popup Modal, Coupon Popup, Post Slider Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Source: Wordfence

CVE-2024-4389

The Slider and Carousel slider by Depicter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the uploadFile function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Source: CVE.org

CVE-2024-43161

The Slider & Popup Builder by Depicter – Add Image Slider, Carousel Slider, Exit Intent Popup, Popup Modal, Coupon Popup, Post Slider Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Source: Wordfence

+ 7 more known vulnerabilities
CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2024-37414 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 3.1.0 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 5.4 < 3.1.0 3.1.0 2024-06-28
CVE-2024-4390 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 3.1.0 Improper Privilege Management Medium 6.5 < 3.1.0 3.1.0 2024-06-19
CVE-2023-51491 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 2.0.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Medium 5.4 < 2.0.7 2.0.7 2024-03-16
CVE-2023-6493 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 2.0.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Medium 4.3 < 2.0.7 2.0.7 2024-01-04
CVE-2022-47176 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 1.9.1 Missing Authorization Medium 4.3 < 1.9.1 1.9.1 2023-04-28
CVE-2025-2011 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 3.6.2 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') High 7.5 < 3.6.2 3.6.2 0000-00-00
Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 4.0.5 Unknown < 4.0.5 4.0.5 0000-00-00

CVE-2024-37414

The Slider & Popup Builder by Depicter – Add Image Slider, Carousel Slider, Exit Intent Popup, Popup Modal, Coupon Popup, Post Slider Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Source: Wordfence

CVE-2024-4390

The Slider and Carousel slider by Depicter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Nonce Generation in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor access and above, to generate a valid nonce for any WordPress action/function. This could be used to invoke functionality that is protected only by nonce checks.

Source: CVE.org

CVE-2023-51491

Update the WordPress Depicter Slider plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.0.7). Abdi Pranata discovered and reported this Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress Depicter Slider Plugin. This could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.0.7. Have additional information or questions about this entry? Get in touch.

Source: Patchstack

CVE-2023-6493

The Depicter Slider – Responsive Image Slider, Video Slider & Post Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'save' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2023-51491 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Source: CVE.org

CVE-2022-47176

The Depicter Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on multiple functions in versions up to, and including, 1.9.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create, publish, and edit sliders

Source: Wordfence

CVE-2025-2011

The Slider & Popup Builder by Depicter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the ‘s' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Source: Wordfence

Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder [depicter] < 4.0.5

The Depicter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions less than, or equal to, 4.0.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the depicter-document-rules-store function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify document rules via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Source: CVE.org

How to fix it

Update this plugin to the latest release from wordpress.org — each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in") when one is on file.

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