CVE-2023-0166: PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce < 1.13.42 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Product Slider for WooCommerce by PickPlugins WordPress plugin before 1.13.42 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce: before 1.13.42 — fixed in 1.13.42

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PickPlugins Product Slider for WooCommerce 1.13.42. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5d43062-4ef3-4dd1-b916-0127f0016f5c
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5d43062-4ef3-4dd1-b916-0127f0016f5c

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