SQL Injection Vulnerability in Superb Slideshow Gallery Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5434

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Superb slideshow gallery
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 October 2023

Summary

The Superb Slideshow Gallery plugin for WordPress suffers from a SQL Injection vulnerability in versions up to and including 13.1. This issue arises from inadequate escaping of user-supplied parameters and insufficient preparation of SQL queries. As a result, authenticated users with subscriber-level permissions or higher can inject additional SQL queries into existing queries. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive database information, posing a significant risk to website integrity.

Affected Version(s)

Superb slideshow gallery * <= 13.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/superb-slidesh...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2985501/supe...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
.