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CVE-2023-5250: Grid Plus <= 1.3.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion via Shortcode

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-98

Description

The Grid Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 1.3.3 via a shortcode attribute. This allows subscriber-level, and above, attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where PHP files with arbitrary content can be uploaded and included.

Affected products

• g5theme Grid Plus – Unlimited grid layout: through 1.3.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/grid-plus/tags/1.3.2/core/grid.plus.base.class.php#L19
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3000441/grid-plus/trunk/grid-plus.php#file0
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a6407792-2c76-4149-a9f9-d53002135bec?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/grid-plus/tags/1.3.2/core/grid.plus.base.class.php#L19
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a6407792-2c76-4149-a9f9-d53002135bec?source=cve

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