6.4

CVE-2023-0166: PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce < 1.13.42 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Modified
Published 13-02-2023Last modified 21-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-0166 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in pickplugins product_slider_for_woocommerce. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 13-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Product Slider for WooCommerce by PickPlugins WordPress plugin before 1.13.42 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.48% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Pickplugins1 product
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • woocommerce-products-slider≤ 1.13.41 (fixed in 1.13.42)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links