CVE-2023-5707 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SEO Slider plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.1.0. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 1.1.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:seothemes:seo_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:seothemes:seo_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.