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CVE-2023-4999

HIGH
Published 2023-10-20T07:29:29.706Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.498
Higher than 49.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
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Availability
Not Available

Description

The Horizontal scrolling announcement plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's [horizontal-scrolling] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 9.2 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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

gopiplus

Horizontal scrolling announcement

Affected Versions:

*

WordPress Vulnerability

Identified and analyzed by Wordfence

Software Type

Plugin

Patch Status

Unpatched

Published

September 15, 2023

Software Details

Software Name

Horizontal scrolling announcement

Software Slug

horizontal-scrolling-announcement

Affected Versions

* - 9.2

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf50922a-58a6-4ca4-80b7-cafb37b87216?source=api-prod

© Defiant Inc. Data provided by Wordfence.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-xqpc-wjc5-8chx

Advisory Details

The Horizontal scrolling announcement plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's [horizontal-scrolling] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 9.2 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 Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4999
WEB https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/trunk/horizontal-scrolling-announcement.php#L79
WEB https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf50922a-58a6-4ca4-80b7-cafb37b87216?source=cve

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 20, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf50922a-58a6-4ca4-80b7-cafb37b87216?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/trunk/horizontal-scrolling-announcement.php#L79
Published: 2023-10-20T07:29:29.706Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-05T19:04:26.116Z
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