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CVE-2023-5438

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5438 is a SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the wp image slideshow plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 12.0. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level or higher permissions to inject malicious SQL queries due to insufficient input sanitization. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating that it can be exploited over the network with low complexity to extract sensitive information from the database. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, <= 12.0CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:gopiplus:wp_image_slideshow:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
< 12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gopiplus:wp_image_slideshow:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wp-image-slideshow/trunk/wp-image-slideshow.php
Exploit
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/2985394/wp-image-slideshow
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e24383b-5b0f-4114-908b-4c2778632f73
PatchThird Party Advisory