CVE-2023-2279

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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 21.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

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.

Published

2023-08-31 05:33Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 17:05Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-04-25

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Compound

Data version

5.2

Document digest

d8dab4c85a633f1b3c5039b7f0a8dabf394e268334b8422cddb468c8aa5c6510

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a7a6da3-d67c-42b3-8826-7e7fc9b938b4?source=cve
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdirectorykit/tags/1.1.8/admin/class-wpdirectorykit-admin.php#L170
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2905795%40wpdirectorykit%2Ftrunk&old=2905046%40wpdirectorykit%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=