What is CVE-2023-5663?

CVE-2023-5663 is a high-severity vulnerability in Storeapps News Announcement Scroll, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-5663?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5663 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Storeapps News Announcement Scroll

CVE-2023-5663

The News Announcement Scroll plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 9.0.0 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.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.008 (52.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Storeapps News Announcement Scroll — versions 0
Storeapps News_announcement_scroll

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5663?: CVE-2023-5663 is a high-severity vulnerability in Storeapps News Announcement Scroll, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-5663?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5663 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.