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CVE-2023-5362

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
October 30, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider Plugin · spice-post-slider
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 2.0
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • spicethemes Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider — Up to and including 2.0
  • spicethemes carousel\,_recent_post_slider_and_banner_slider — Before 2.1

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spice-post-slider/tags/1.9/include/view/shortcode.php#L102 Exploit
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spice-post-slider/tags/2.0.1/include/view/shortcode.php?rev=2981648#L102 Exploit
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2981654/spice-post-slider Patch
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0dd70b9-6f8a-41fc-ab4f-f6cdfee8dfb8?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record