What is CVE-2023-5945?

CVE-2023-5945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in I13websolution Video Carousel Slider With Lightbox, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-5945?

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

Is CVE-2023-5945 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in I13websolution Video Carousel Slider With Lightbox

CVE-2023-5945

The video carousel slider with lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the responsive_video_gallery_with_lightbox_video_management_func() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete videos hosted from the video slider via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2023-11-03 · 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 (21.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.0% 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

I13websolution Video Carousel Slider With Lightbox — versions 1.0
Nik00726 Video Carousel Slider With Lightbox — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc052b00-65a7-4668-8bdd-b06d6… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/wp-plugins/wp-responsive-video-gallery-with-lightbox/blob/master/wp-… (Exploit)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-responsive-video-gallery-with-lightbox/ta… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5945?: CVE-2023-5945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in I13websolution Video Carousel Slider With Lightbox, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-5945?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5945 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.