01 Record
CVE-2023-1874
WP Data Access <= 5.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
WP Data Access <= 5.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 2.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-04-12 13:30Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:06Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-04-05
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7b57147325138505a8e98c0dcc9e302a33de81b93abccf4f55949fe86bb43f0f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f562e33-2aef-46f0-8a65-691155ede9e7?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.3.7/WPDataRoles/WPDA_Roles.php#L50
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.3.8/WPDataRoles/WPDA_Roles.php#L50
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.3.8/WPDataRoles/WPDA_Roles.php#L23
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-patched-promptly-in-wp-data-access-wordpress-plugin/
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171825/WordPress-WP-Data-Access-5.3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html