CVE-2023-5000

HIGH 8.8

Horizontal scrolling announcements <= 2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode

CVSS Score

8.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Horizontal scrolling announcements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's 'hsas-shortcode' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CWE	CWE-89
Vendor	gopiplus
Product	horizontal scrolling announcements
Published	Aug 6, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

Stay Ahead of the Next One

Get instant alerts for gopiplus horizontal scrolling announcements

Be the first to know when new high vulnerabilities affecting gopiplus horizontal scrolling announcements are published — delivered to Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Get Free Alerts → Free · No credit card · 60 sec setup

CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

gopiplus / Horizontal scrolling announcements

0 ≤ 2.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/327e706d-2d6c-4204-a531-281f2e2dbcf0?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/trunk/query/db_content.php?rev=2827116#L44 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/horizontal-scrolling-announcements/trunk/query/db_content.php?rev=2973422#L56

Credits

István Márton