Gallery with thumbnail slider Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider

Highly customizable gallery plugin with sliders, lightbox, vertical gallery, and batch image upload for WordPress.

3K active installs v8.0 PHP 7.4+ WP 4.0+ Updated Dec 16, 2025
gallerysliderthumbnailvertical-slider
76
B · Generally Safe
CVEs total2
Unpatched1
Last CVENov 19, 2025
Safety Verdict

Is Gallery with thumbnail slider Safe to Use in 2026?

Mostly Safe

Score 76/100

Gallery with thumbnail slider is generally safe to use. 2 past CVEs were resolved. Keep it updated.

2 known CVEs 1 unpatched Last CVE: Nov 19, 2025Updated 3mo ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin "gallery-with-thumbnail-slider" v8.0 demonstrates a generally strong security posture based on static analysis. The absence of dangerous functions, all SQL queries utilizing prepared statements, and complete output escaping are positive indicators. The presence of nonce and capability checks on its entry points also suggests developers have considered basic security measures. However, the existence of two known CVEs, with one remaining unpatched, is a significant concern. The nature of these past vulnerabilities being Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) suggests potential weaknesses in input sanitization, even if current static analysis doesn't reveal direct taint flows. The lack of any taint analysis flows being reported could be due to the analysis methodology or simply that no exploitable flows were detected in this specific version, but it doesn't negate the historical XSS risk.

Key Concerns

  • Unpatched CVE
  • Past XSS Vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities
2

Gallery with thumbnail slider Security Vulnerabilities

CVEs by Year

1 CVE in 2022
2022
1 CVE in 2025 · unpatched
2025
Patched Has unpatched

Severity Breakdown

Medium
2

2 total CVEs

CVE-2025-5092medium · 6.4Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Multiple Plugins and Themes <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via lightGallery JavaScript Library

Nov 19, 2025Unpatched
CVE-2022-42485medium · 6.4Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Gallery with thumbnail slider <= 6.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Oct 27, 2022 Patched in 6.1 (453d)
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Gallery with thumbnail slider Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
392 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

100% escaped392 total outputs
Attack Surface

Gallery with thumbnail slider Attack Surface

Entry Points2
Unprotected0

Shortcodes 2

[gwts_gwl_gallery_slider] gwts-shortcode.php:10
[gwts_gwl_galleries_listing] gwts-shortcode.php:17
WordPress Hooks 17
actioninitgwts-custom-posttype-gallery.php:33
filtermanage_gwts-gallery_posts_columnsgwts-custom-posttype-gallery.php:41
actionmanage_gwts-gallery_posts_custom_columngwts-custom-posttype-gallery.php:44
filterpost_row_actionsgwts-custom-posttype-gallery.php:58
actionadmin_headgwts-custom-posttype-gallery.php:70
actionadmin_noticesgwts-gallery.php:47
actionadmin_menugwts-gallery.php:59
actionadmin_initgwts-gallery.php:64
actionadmin_initgwts-gallery.php:65
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsgwts-gallery.php:389
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsgwts-gallery.php:409
filterplugin_row_metagwts-gallery.php:426
actionadd_meta_boxesgwts-metabox.php:22
actionsave_postgwts-metabox.php:118
filterthe_contentgwts-slider.php:380
actionadd_meta_boxesgwts-vertical-slider.php:21
actionsave_postgwts-vertical-slider.php:271
Maintenance & Trust

Gallery with thumbnail slider Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 16, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads43K

Community Trust

Rating76/100
Number of ratings9
Active installs3K
Developer Profile

Gallery with thumbnail slider Developer Profile

Galaxy Weblinks

40 plugins · 25K total installs

77
trust score
Avg Security Score
97/100
Avg Patch Time
310 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Gallery with thumbnail slider

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/frontend.css/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/jquery.bxslider.css/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/jquery.bxslider.js/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/jquery.fancybox.pack.js/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/owl.carousel.js/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/frontend.js/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/animate.css/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/bootstrap.css+3 more
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/jquery.bxslider.js/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/jquery.fancybox.pack.js/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/owl.carousel.js/wp-content/plugins/gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/frontend.js
Version Parameters
gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/frontend.css?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/jquery.bxslider.css?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/jquery.bxslider.js?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/jquery.fancybox.pack.js?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/owl.carousel.js?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/js/frontend.js?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/animate.css?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/bootstrap.css?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/style.css?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/responsive.css?ver=gallery-with-thumbnail-slider/css/jquery.fancybox.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
gwts-gallery-containergwts-slider-wrappergwts-slider-paginationgwts-slider-navgwts-thumbnail-slidergwts-itemgwts-thumbnailgwts-image+9 more
Data Attributes
data-gwts-options
JS Globals
gwts_slider_options
Shortcode Output
[gwts_gwl_galleries_listing[gallery-with-thumbnail-slider
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Gallery with thumbnail slider