CVE-2023-5663 is a high-severity SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the News Announcement Scroll plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 9.0.0. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious SQL queries, potentially leading to the extraction of sensitive database information. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 9.0.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:storeapps:news_announcement_scroll:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 9.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:storeapps:news_announcement_scroll:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.