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CVE-2023-5436:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Vertical marquee plugin for WordPress (CVE-2023-5436) is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 7.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 31, 2023. This security issue affects WordPress installations using the Vertical marquee plugin versions 7.1 and below (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient escaping on user-supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on existing SQL queries in the plugin's shortcode functionality. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.5 (MEDIUM) according to NIST's assessment, while Wordfence rates it at 8.8 (HIGH) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries to existing queries. This capability can be exploited to extract sensitive information from the database (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their Vertical marquee plugin to version 7.2 or later to mitigate this security risk (Wordpress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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