CVE-2023-2120 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Thumbnail carousel slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the search_term parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
I13websolution	Thumbnail Carousel Slider

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:i13websolution:thumbnail_carousel_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-responsive-thumbnail-slider/trunk/wp-responsive-images-thumbnail-slider.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2813150%40wp-responsive-thumbnail-slider%2Ftags%2F1.1.9&new=2899786%40wp-responsive-thumbnail-slider%2Ftags%2F1.1.10
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4bf4e12-5cbb-45bc-938e-62163baaa15d?source=cve

History

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-04-18T01:57:09.113Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T16:51:11.600Z

Reserved: 2023-04-17T13:47:13.874Z

Link: CVE-2023-2120

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:12:20.449Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-18T02:15:07.160

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:57:58.507

Link: CVE-2023-2120

Redhat

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