TI-2023-04934 Aliases CVE-2023-5362 GHSA-hwmg-864w-89m6

Cross-site scripting in spicethemes Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider

LOW 29CWE-79Published 2023-10-30 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00599 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
spicethemes	Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider	up to 2.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider Vendorspicethemes Affected up to 2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:spicethemes:carousel\,_recent_post_slider_and_banner_slider::::::wordpress::*	before 2.1	Vulnerable	spicethemes

cpe:2.3:a:spicethemes:carousel\,_recent_post_slider_and_banner_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.1 Vulnerable ·spicethemes

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5362
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hwmg-864w-89m6

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2981654/spice-post-slider

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0dd70b9-6f8a-41fc-ab4f-f6cdfee8dfb8?source=cve

Sources

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