Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-5362
The Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'spice_post_slider' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2023-5362
- Spicethemes » Carousel, Recent Post Slider And Banner Slider » For WordpressVersions before (<) 2.1cpe:2.3:a:spicethemes:carousel\,_recent_post_slider_and_banner_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5362
0.14%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 50 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-5362
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
|
2.7
|
NIST | |
6.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
3.1
|
2.7
|
Wordfence |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-5362
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- security@wordfence.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-5362
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spice-post-slider/tags/1.9/include/view/shortcode.php#L102
429 Too Many RequestsExploit
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spice-post-slider/tags/2.0.1/include/view/shortcode.php?rev=2981648#L102
shortcode.php in spice-post-slider/tags/2.0.1/include/view – WordPress Plugin RepositoryExploit
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0dd70b9-6f8a-41fc-ab4f-f6cdfee8dfb8?source=cve
Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ShortcodeThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2981654/spice-post-slider
429 Too Many RequestsPatch
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