CVE-2023-5414

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.

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

1.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 61.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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

2023-10-20 06:35Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 16:48Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-10-04

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

afe49ab747967f6e023e73f548fcb6a7a61a4c55fbd3209c6e4df754c624242a

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/417186ba-36ef-4d06-bbcd-e85eb9219689?source=cve
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-subscribers/trunk/lite/includes/classes/class-email-subscribers-logs.php?rev=2919465#L28
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977318%40email-subscribers%2Ftrunk&old=2972043%40email-subscribers%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4