CVE-2023-5437
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
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
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Base score: 6.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.79%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 55
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-89
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-fade-in-text-news/trunk/wp-fade-in-text-news.php?rev=2827202#L236
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2985398/wp-fade-in-text-news#file2
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4accf10-710e-4cba-8d61-04e422324f9d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-fade-in-text-news/trunk/wp-fade-in-text-news.php?rev=2827202#L236
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2985398/wp-fade-in-text-news#file2
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4accf10-710e-4cba-8d61-04e422324f9d?source=cve
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