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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-5439
CVE-2023-5439:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Wp photo text slider 50 plugin for WordPress (versions up to 8.0) contains a SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-5439) discovered in October 2023. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's shortcode functionality due to insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and inadequate SQL query preparation (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is characterized by insufficient escaping on user-supplied parameters and lack of proper SQL query preparation in the plugin's shortcode functionality. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.8 (High) according to Wordfence, while NVD rates it at 6.5 (Medium) with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (NVD).
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).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to version 8.1 or later of the Wp photo text slider 50 plugin, which contains the fix for this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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