High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5431
CVE-2023-5431
Description
The Left right image slideshow gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 12.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:gopiplus:left_right_image_slideshow_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <12.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2985417/left-right-image-slideshow-gallerynvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69902627-ce79-4a43-8949-43db6a9cc0ddnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/left-right-image-slideshow-gallery/trunk/left-right-image-slideshow-gallery.phpnvdExploit
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