What is CVE-2023-0495?

CVE-2023-0495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hasthemes Ht Slider For Elementor, classified under CWE-352 CROSS-SITE REQUEST FORGERY (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-0495?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-0495 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Hasthemes Ht Slider For Elementor

CVE-2023-0495

The HT Slider For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.0 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

Published 2023-03-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hasthemes Ht Slider For Elementor
Ht Slider For Elementor — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e3af480-b1a4-404c-b0fc-2b7b6a6b9c27 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0495?: CVE-2023-0495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hasthemes Ht Slider For Elementor, classified under CWE-352 CROSS-SITE REQUEST FORGERY (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-0495?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0495 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.