Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5412

HighPublic PoC

Published: 31 October 2023

Published
31 October 2023
Modified
08 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0976 93.1th percentile
Risk Priority 23 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5412 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Gopiplus Image Horizontal Reel Scroll Slideshow. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

The Image horizontal reel scroll slideshow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to and including 13.2. The flaw stems from insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and the absence of prepared statements on existing SQL queries, corresponding to CWE-89 and carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8.

Authenticated attackers holding subscriber-level permissions or higher can exploit the issue over the network by supplying crafted shortcode attributes that append arbitrary SQL to backend queries, enabling extraction of sensitive database contents and potentially broader impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

References point to a corrective changeset (2985331) in the WordPress plugin repository that updates the affected image-horizontal-reel-scroll-slideshow.php file, indicating an official patch has been issued to resolve the input-handling deficiencies.

EPSS scores have remained near 0.10 with no material post-disclosure increase.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Image horizontal reel scroll slideshow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 13.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on…

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the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gopiplus
image horizontal reel scroll slideshow
≤ 13.3

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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