CVE-2023-0492 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The GS Products Slider for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.5.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00109.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gsplugins	Gs Products Slider

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gsplugins:gs_products_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12541	The GS Products Slider for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.5.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ea3b129d-32d8-40e3-b1af-8b92a760db23

History

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:47.672Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T14:43:47.590Z

Reserved: 2023-01-25T02:26:48.971Z

Link: CVE-2023-0492

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.365Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:13.117

Modified: 2025-03-14T15:15:39.070

Link: CVE-2023-0492

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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