01 Record
CVE-2023-5436
Vertical marquee plugin <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via Shortcode
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Vertical marquee plugin <= 7.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via Shortcode
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-10-31 08:32Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:24Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-10-05
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 4c67b72e5e1acc6d98bbf7707fc5bea12f96c66048c7a7d0fb560679122353df
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd90d9c0-0cab-4fd3-b016-106032f300f7?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vertical-marquee-plugin/trunk/vertical-marquee-plugin.php?rev=2827080#L170
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2985561/vertical-marquee-plugin#file2