CVE-2023-5437
The WP fade in text news plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 12.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The WP fade in text news plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 12.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.79% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- gopiplus/wp fade in text news
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-fade-in-text-news/trunk/wp-fade-in-text-news.php?rev=2827202#L236Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2985398/wp-fade-in-text-news#file2Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4accf10-710e-4cba-8d61-04e422324f9d?source=cvePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-fade-in-text-news/trunk/wp-fade-in-text-news.php?rev=2827202#L236Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2985398/wp-fade-in-text-news#file2Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4accf10-710e-4cba-8d61-04e422324f9d?source=cvePatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.