01 Record
CVE-2023-2987
Wordapp <= 1.6.0 - Authorization Bypass through Use of Insufficiently Unique Cryptographic Signature
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Wordapp <= 1.6.0 - Authorization Bypass through Use of Insufficiently Unique Cryptographic Signature
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.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
- 2023-05-31 02:40Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:03Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-05-30
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 321feb14186d8d7cd7c8b63ce13aa022f0de2e0006c6ef337ab5e7371c19f5c0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80440bfa-4a02-4441-bbdb-52d7dd065a9d?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/config.php#L59
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/pdx.php#L64
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordapp/trunk/includes/access.php#L28
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3063322/wordapp
- lana.reporthttps://lana.report/publication/6e779e9a-e0f9-4102-9f0b-ad46e9c4533f/