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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-5434
CVE-2023-5434:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Superb slideshow gallery WordPress plugin versions up to and including 13.1 was identified with a SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-5434). The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 31, 2023, affecting WordPress installations with the plugin installed (NVD CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and inadequate preparation of SQL queries in the plugin's shortcode functionality. The CVSS v3.1 base score is rated at 8.8 (High) by Wordfence and 6.5 (Medium) by NVD, with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (NVD CVE).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to append additional SQL queries to existing queries, potentially enabling the extraction of sensitive information from the database (NVD CVE).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should update their Superb slideshow gallery plugin to a version newer than 13.1 (Wordfence Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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