What is CVE-2023-6493?

CVE-2023-6493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Averta Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-6493?

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

Is CVE-2023-6493 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Averta Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder

CVE-2023-6493

The Depicter Slider – Responsive Image Slider, Video Slider & Post Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'save' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2023-51491 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2024-01-05 · 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: 0.002 (8.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Averta Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder — versions 0
Averta Depicter Slider

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/c9c907ea-3ab4-4674-8945-ade4f… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3013596/depicter/trunk/app/src/WordPress/S… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6493?: CVE-2023-6493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Averta Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-6493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6493 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.