CVE-2023-5362

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'spice_post_slider' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

El complemento Carousel, Recent Post Slider y Banner Slider para WordPress es vulnerable a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Almacenado a través del shortcode 'spice_post_slider' en versiones hasta la 2.0 incluida debido a una sanitización de entrada insuficiente y a un escape de salida en los atributos proporcionados por el usuario. Esto hace posible que atacantes autenticados con permisos de nivel de colaborador y superiores inyecten scripts web arbitrarios en páginas que se ejecutarán cada vez que un usuario acceda a una página inyectada.

*Credits: Lana Codes

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-10-03 CVE Reserved
2023-10-20 CVE Published
2025-02-05 CVE Updated
2025-02-05 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0dd70b9-6f8a-41fc-ab4f-f6cdfee8dfb8?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spice-post-slider/tags/1.9/include/view/shortcode.php#L102	2025-02-05
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spice-post-slider/tags/2.0.1/include/view/shortcode.php?rev=2981648#L102	2025-02-05

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2981654/spice-post-slider	2023-11-13

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Spicethemes Search vendor "Spicethemes"		Carousel\, Recent Post Slider And Banner Slider Search vendor "Spicethemes" for product "Carousel\, Recent Post Slider And Banner Slider"				< 2.1 Search vendor "Spicethemes" for product "Carousel\, Recent Post Slider And Banner Slider" and version " < 2.1"		wordpress		Affected