CVE-2023-5164

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

0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 37.3% 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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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

2023-10-30 13:48Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 16:52Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-09-25

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

912deb2f13793b9b1dda83d6d913c23e8be526e0c7c5f5474fcdf5d8cd2d4998

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50283a4f-ea59-488a-bab0-dd6bc5718556?source=cve
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bellows-accordion-menu/tags/1.4.2/includes/functions.php#L12
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bellows-accordion-menu/tags/1.4.2/includes/bellows.api.php#L5
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2986331%40bellows-accordion-menu%2Ftrunk&old=2860904%40bellows-accordion-menu%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=