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CVE-2023-5437: The WP fade in text news 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 paramet

high Affects wp-fade-in-text-news (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The WP fade in text news 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 paramet

Package
wp-fade-in-text-news (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<12.1
Fixed in
12.1
Severity
high  CVSS 8.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (56.1th percentile)
Published
2023-10-31
Source
nvd

References

CWE-89
NVD recordwp-fade-in-text-news (WordPress plugin) advisories

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