CVE-2023-51493 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2023-51493

WordPress Custom Post Carousels with Owl Plugin <= 1.4.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Howard Ehrenberg Custom Post Carousels with Owl allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Custom Post Carousels with Owl: from n/a through 1.4.6.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

NGÔ THIÊN AN / ancorn_ from VNPT-VCI (Patchstack Alliance)

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/dd-post-carousel/wordpress-custom-post-carousels-with-owl-plugin-1-4-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Custom Post Carousels with Owl

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: February 10th, 2024

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories