CVE-2023-5362: spicethemes carousel\,_recent_post_slider_and_banner_slider Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-5362 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in spicethemes carousel\,_recent_post_slider_and_banner_slider. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 30-10-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'spice_post_slider' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
43%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.52% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (plugins.trac.wordpress.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (plugins.trac.wordpress.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Spicethemes1 product
- carousel\,_recent_post_slider_and_banner_slider≤ 2.0 | < 2.1
Wordpress1 product
- spice-post-slider≤ 2.0 (fixed in 2.1)
2 vendors · 2 products