CVE-2023-2987

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.

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

0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 42.5% 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.

Published

2023-05-31 02:40Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 17:03Z4 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

• 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/